Acute Complications of Sickle Cell Disease in Children Under 5 Years at a Level II Hospital

• Autori principali: Joana Lage MD (Autore), Bernardo Monteiro MD (Autore), Adriana Costa MD (Autore), Inês Filipa Mendes MD (Autore), Teresa Ferreira MD (Autore), Helena Cristina Loureiro MD (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: SAGE Publishing, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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The aim of this study was to characterize the acute complications that required hospitalization in children under 5 years with Sickle Cell Disease. The population included 70 patients, 64% of African ascendency and 95.7% homozygotic for the HbS. We analyzed data from 337 hospitalizations. The first...