Daytime steady-state haemoglobin desaturation is a risk factor for overt stroke in children with sickle cell anaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 336-339

  Quinn, Charles T ^a,b,c   Sargent, James W ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin desaturation; Pulse oximetry; Risk factors; Sickle cell disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 38349180112     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06927.x     Document Type: Article

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