Acute chest syndrome in Omani children with sickle cell disease: Epidemiology and clinical profile

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-199

  Jaiyesimi, Olufemi ^a,b   Kasem, Mohamed ^a  

^a Ibri Regional Referral Hospital   (Oman)

^b NONE   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

CHILD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ARAB; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 35548988518     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532807X220307     Document Type: Article

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