Nitric oxide metabolism and the acute chest syndrome of sickle cell anemia

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-168

  Sullivan, Kevin J ^a   Kissoon, Niranjan ^b   Gauger, Cynthia ^a  

^a NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Critical illness; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary hypertension; Sickle cell anemia; Vasoocclusive crisis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; MACROLIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

EID: 40449121926     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181668ca9     Document Type: Review

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