Acute Chest Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
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Results: Our results revealed that the frequency of ACS episodes are age dependent, which occurred more frequently in young children, more than 4 years of age (n = 16) 57%. Fever and cough were the most frequent symptoms; (n = 26) 93 % and (n = 24) 86% respectively. Most of the cases experienced respiratory distress such as tachypnea (n = 24) 86%, chest retraction (n = 18) 64%, and decreased breath sounds (n = 16) 57%. Small number of patients (n = 3) 11% had complete normal chest examination. In our study, painful crisis was the most commonly associated complication along with ACS (n = 22) 79%. All of the chest X-rays were positive at different anatomical sites; bilateral involvement was observed frequently (n = 33) 36%.
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