The acute chest syndrome is the leading cause of death among patients with sickle cell disease. Since its cause is largely unknown, therapy is supportive. Pilot studies with improved diagnostic ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is responsible for the ... linked patients who did not meet a sufficient number of criteria to satisfy the case definition. Given the lack of ...

NEW YORK, June 23 (Praxis Press) Acute chest syndrome is the leading cause of death among patients with sickle cell disease, but its cause is largely unknown. To determine the cause of acute chest ...

A relatively new accelerated diagnostic protocol is ... way to determine which patients with acute chest pain are low-risk for acute cardiac syndrome," said Simon A. Mahler, M.D., associate ...