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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 100: Acute Chest Syndrome Part 1

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Based on light absorption from blood flow at the sensor site (using HbA, not HbS) Underestimates alveolar hypoxemia. PMID:27543812 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002. Infectious: bacterial or viral pneumonia ( M. pneumoniae, C.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 101: Acute Chest Syndrome Part 2

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Based on light absorption from blood flow at the sensor site (using HbA, not HbS). Blood transfusion Reduces the overall proportion of HbS. PMID:27543812 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002. pneumoniae, C.

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Leucodepletion in Bordetella Pertussis

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Infants usually present in a non-specific manner, following an apnoea, cough, cyanosis, or seizure so a high index of suspicion is required in this age group. Between 2002 and 2015, 200 infants with pertussis were placed on ECMO, but only 56 survived, representing a survival rate of just 28%. Nieves et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J.