Sentences with phrase «chest syndrome»

The lower level was also associated with 2.6 - times greater odds of hospitalization for the respiratory illness acute chest syndrome and about four - time greater odds of being hospitalized for fever.

A fast - acting injection of the opioid fentanyl can cause the diaphragm and other muscles in the chest to seize up, leading to what's called «wooden chest syndrome» (SN: 9/3/16, p. 14).

Hydroxyurea reduces the impact of the disease by improving the anemia, and reducing the risk of pain events and acute chest syndrome.

«The study indicates that screening for silent strokes in children starting school can lead to early detection and prevention of recurrences as well as reduction in other complications of sickle cell anemia such as acute painful episodes and acute chest syndrome.

At the present time, hydroxyurea is the only Food and Drug Administration - approved medication that decreases the number of pain crises and episodes of acute chest syndrome.

Patients with this mutation are not at all homogeneous in their clinical presentations: some develop principally painful crises with or without bony infarcts; others are prone to hemolytic crises; some develop vasoocclusive crises, including stroke; still others develop acute chest syndrome; while many are phenotypically normal, except for mild anemia.