Infusion of Pegylated Bovine Carboxyhemoglobin (PEG-COHb) Is Associated with Rapid Reversal of Progressive Acute Chest Syndrome in a Jehovah's Witness Patient with Hemoglobin SC Sickle Cell Disease
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Acute Chest Syndrome in Pregnant Women with Hemoglobin SC Disease
Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a severe pulmonary complication in pregnant women with sickle cell disease (SCD). Between January 1998 and December 2002, ACS occurred in 4 of 286 pregnant women with SCD in Bahrain (1.2%), and it was associated with two maternal deaths. In the United States, 10 pregnant women (0.06%) were diagnosed with ACS out of 17,952 deliveries in women with SCD from 2000 to 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.4541.4541