Septic complications after splenectomy for sickle cell sequestration crisis

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 100-103

  Sorrells, D L ^a   Morrissey, T B ^a   Brown, M F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sepsis; Sequestration; Sickle cell disease; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0031913387     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050258     Document Type: Article

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