Severe Nocturnal and Postexercise Hypoxia in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease

Hypoxia is a common feature in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) that is inconsistently associated with painful crises and acute chest syndrome. To assess the prevalence and risk factors of hypoxia, we recorded daytime, nocturnal, and postexercise pulse oximetry (SpO(2)) values in 39 SCD patie...

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Main Authors: Halphen, Isabelle, Elie, Caroline, Brousse, Valentine, Le Bourgeois, Muriel, Allali, Slimane, Bonnet, Damien, de Montalembert, Mariane
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4039516/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24878576
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097462
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