Acute Chest Syndrome
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Subject Areas on Research
- A case series describing causes of death in pregnant women with sickle cell disease in a low-resource setting.
- Clinical outcomes of splenectomy in children: report of the splenectomy in congenital hemolytic anemia registry.
- Gene-centric association study of acute chest syndrome and painful crisis in sickle cell disease patients.
- Hydroxycarbamide in very young children with sickle-cell anaemia: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial (BABY HUG).
- Impact of hydroxyurea on clinical events in the BABY HUG trial.
- Implementation of multidisciplinary care reduces maternal mortality in women with sickle cell disease living in low-resource setting.
- Improving care for children with sickle cell disease/acute chest syndrome.
- Original Research: Acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease: Effect of genotype and asthma.
- Outcomes of acute chest syndrome in adult patients with sickle cell disease: predictors of mortality.
- Pain and other non-neurological adverse events in children with sickle cell anemia and previous stroke who received hydroxyurea and phlebotomy or chronic transfusions and chelation: results from the SWiTCH clinical trial.
- Respiratory syncytial virus and seasonal influenza cause similar illnesses in children with sickle cell disease.
- Third trimester and early postpartum period of pregnancy have the greatest risk for ACS in women with SCD.