ALVEOLAR-ARTERIAL OXYGEN GRADIENT IN ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME OF SICKLE-CELL DISEASE

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EMRE, U [1 ]
MILLER, ST [1 ]
RAO, SP [1 ]
RAO, M [1 ]
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[1] SUNY DOWNSTATE MED CTR, CHILDRENS MED CTR, 450 CLARKSON AVE, BOX 49, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 USA
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10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81702-0
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R72 [儿科学];
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In 44 episodes of acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease occurring in 37 children, simple clinical severity score, duration of hospital stay, transfusion data, and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient were analyzed as indicators of severity of disease. The alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient, measured during breathing of room air, proved, on mutivariate analysis, to be the strongest predictor of both clinical severity and the need for blood transfusion.
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