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ID DOID:1584
Name acute chest syndrome
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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_chest_syndrome
Xrefs

ICD9CM:517.3

MESH:D056586

NCI:C138179

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:372146004

UMLS_CUI:C0742343

SKOS

exactMatch MESH:D056586

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Synonyms

acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a lung disease

Subclass Logical Relationships

has symptom some leukocytosis

has symptom some hypoxemia

has symptom some pleuritic chest pain

has symptom some cough

has symptom some tachypnea

has symptom some fever

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