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Acute chest syndrome in sickle-cell disease.
25 consecutive episodes of acute chest syndrome in 13 adult patients with sickle-cell disease were studied retrospectively. Chest symptoms were present on admission in 23 of 25 episodes. Abnormal chest signs and an abnormal chest X-ray were present on admission in only 11 and 9 episodes, respectively, but developed later in the remainder. The 9 episodes with bilateral radiological changes were ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2474-1949']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5070/m58160093