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Chapter 50 - A Life-Threatening Sickle Cell Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2021

Shelley Riphagen
Affiliation:
Evelina Children’s Hospital, London and South Thames Retrieval Service
Sam Fosker
Affiliation:
Evelina Children’s Hospital, London
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A 10-year-old, 45 kg boy with a background of sickle cell disease had presented to his local A&E with a 5-day history of abdominal pain, and a more recent 2-day history of back and shoulder pain. The morning of the presentation, he had started vomiting and was noted to be jaundiced by his accompanying parent. His mum reported he normally had a haemoglobin of 80–90 g/L and he had had no in-patient hospital stays previously.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Han, YY, Carcillo, JA, Dragotta, MA, et al. Early reversal of pediatric-neonatal septic shock by community physicians is associated with improved outcome. Pediatrics 2003;112(4):793–9, doi: 10.1542/peds.112.4.793.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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