Acute chest syndrome after splenectomy in children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 861-864

  Ghantous, Salim ^a   Al Mulhim, Saad ^a   Al Faris, Nafeesa ^a   Abushullaih, Basel ^a   Shalak, Firas ^a   Yazbeck, Salam ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Children; Sickle cell disease; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENECTOMY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAUSALITY; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SYNDROME;

EID: 43249121889     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.025     Document Type: Article

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