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

• Main Authors: Joana Lage MD (Author), Bernardo Monteiro MD (Author), Adriana Costa MD (Author), Inês Filipa Mendes MD (Author), Teresa Ferreira MD (Author), Helena Cristina Loureiro MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...