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| Term | acute chest syndrome | ID (Ontology) | DOID:1584 (Human Disease) |
| Definition | A lung disease that involves a vasoocclusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature seen in patients with sickle cell anemia. The crisis is initiated by a lung infection, and the resulting inflammation and loss of oxygen tension leads to sickling of red cells and further vasoocclusion. The disease has_symptom fever, has_symptom pleuritic chest pain, has_symptom tachypnea, has_symptom cough, has_symptom hypoxemia, has_symptom marked leukocytosis, and has_symptom diffuse infiltrates on chest radiograph. | ||
| Also Known As | "acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease" | ||
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lower respiratory tract disease |__lung disease |__acute chest syndrome |
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ICD9CM:517.3 MESH:D056586 NCI:C138179 SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:372146004 UMLS_CUI:C0742343 |
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