Does splinting from thoracic bone ischemia and infarction contribute to the acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease?

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-9

  Salzman, Steve H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; AGE; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ASTHMA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREATHING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INCIDENCE; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPIROMETRY; SPLINTING; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036308684     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.1.6     Document Type: Editorial

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