SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND ACUTE CHEST

Question 1

SCD

Answer 1

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE

Question 2

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME

Answer 2

FEVER, CHEST PAIN, TACHYPNEA , INFILTRATES

CAN CAUSE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Question 3

CAUSES OF ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME

Answer 3

INFECTION, THROMBOSIS, EMBOLIZATION OF BONE MARROW FAT

Question 4

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN ACUTE CHEST

Answer 4

CHLAMYDIA, MYCOPLASMA, RESPIRATORY VIRUSES

STREP AND STAPH ARE NOT COMMON
DON’T USE VANCO

Question 5

TREATMENT OF ACUTE CHEST

Answer 5

ABX
INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY
TRANSFUSE TO HB > 11
CORRECTION OF HYPOXIA IS IMPORTANT