Acute chest syndrome is a serious complication of sickle cell disease. It involves symptoms like chest pain, cough, or fever and can be life threatening if not treated promptly. Sickle cell ...

Acute chest syndrome (ACS), a potentially severe lung complication of sickle cell disease, increases a child's risk of respiratory failure, chronic lung disease, and prolonged hospitalization if ...

Acute chest syndrome is one of the most serious problems that people with sickle cell disease (SCD) can have. If it happens to you, you’ll need medical attention right away, before it becomes ...

Acute chest syndrome (ACS), a potentially severe lung complication of sickle cell disease, increases a child's risk of respiratory failure, chronic lung disease, and prolonged hospitalization if ...

Young age: Acute chest syndrome can occur at any age, with peak onset in children with SCD between ages 2 and 4 years. Acute chest syndrome can lead to severe complications if not treated promptly.

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 ...

Using lung ultrasonography to identify acute chest syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease resulted in favorable diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity, according to results ...

Over the period July 1999 to June 2002, 20,881 patients were admitted to the hospital with ACSs, of whom 1,763 (8.4%) presented with atypical symptoms. The dominant presenting symptoms in these ...