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SUBMITTER: Belveyre T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6733779 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Respiratory medicine case reports 20190814
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary hemoglobinopathy resulting in sickling hemoglobin. Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a serious complication of SCD and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Management of ACS is complex and may necessitate mechanical ventilation and veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) therapy in the more severe cases. We present herein the case of a young female adult (19 y.o.) with SCD who developed severe respiratory failure due to ACS occurr ...[more]