Acute painful crises of sickle cell disease in Egyptian children: Predictors of severity for a preventive strategy

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-228

  Al Haggar, Mohammad ^a,d   Al Marsafawy, Hala ^a   Abdel Razek, Nabeel ^a   Al Baz, Rizk ^b   Mostafa, Abdel Hamid ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Painful crises; Prediction; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DACTYLITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN SS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERHEMOLYTIC CRISIS; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33745963471     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.A20518     Document Type: Article

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