Acute chest syndrome in adult Afro-Caribbean patients with sickle cell disease: analysis of 81 episodes among 53 patients
MA Van Agtmael, JD Cheng… - Archives of internal …, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Background: To evaluate the frequency, presentation, and course of the acute chest
syndrome (ACS) in adult Afro-Caribbean patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Patients
and Methods: Retrospective cohort study during a 12-year period in patients with SCD at
least 14 years of age, discharged with a diagnosis of ACS from the only hospital on the
Caribbean island of Curaçao, where 109 patients with SCD (62 HbSS, 47 HbSC) were
observed. Results: Eighty-one episodes of ACS occurred (57 in 34 patients with HbSS and …
syndrome (ACS) in adult Afro-Caribbean patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Patients
and Methods: Retrospective cohort study during a 12-year period in patients with SCD at
least 14 years of age, discharged with a diagnosis of ACS from the only hospital on the
Caribbean island of Curaçao, where 109 patients with SCD (62 HbSS, 47 HbSC) were
observed. Results: Eighty-one episodes of ACS occurred (57 in 34 patients with HbSS and …