Acute chest syndrome overview
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
Acute Chest Syndrome is a vaso-occlusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature commonly seen in patients with Sickle Cell Anemia. Acute Chest Syndrome is often initiated by a lung infection and the resulting inflammation and loss of oxygen tension leads to sickling of red cells and further vaso-occlusion. Acute Chest Syndrome is one of the most common causes of death for Sickle Cell patients.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Kumar, Abbas, Fausto. Robbins and Cotran: The Pathologic Basis of Disease, Page 631
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