Potential role of the ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) lung scan in the diagnosis of acute chest syndrome in adults with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-409

  Kaur, Navleen ^a   Motwani, Bharat ^a   Sivasubramaniam, Devaki ^a   Feldman, Lori ^a   Allen, Sandra ^a   Ferguson, Richard ^a   Shiomoto, Gail ^a   Ansell, David ^a   Westerman, Maxwell ^a   Feldman, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Lung scan; Sickle cell disease; V Q scan; Ventilation and perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 9644283256     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20179     Document Type: Article

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