Types of crises in sickle cell disease patients presenting at the haematology day care unit (HDCU), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 284-288

  Olabode, J O ^a   Shokunbi, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aplastic; Bone pain crises; Haemolytic; Infarctive; Sequestration; Vaso occlusive

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN SS DISEASE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33847669343     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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