Acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease in Saudi Arab children in the Eastern Province

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 167-171

  Al Dabbous, Ibrahim A ^a  

^a QATIF CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Pulmonary complication; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INFUSION FLUID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0036588163     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.167     Document Type: Article

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