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Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Crisis
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Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Crisis
Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC): severe pain from ischemia in bones, chest, abdomen. Acute chest syndrome (ACS) — infiltrate + chest pain/fever — is life-threatening. Analgesia within 30 minutes.
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What is sickle cell disease (SCD)?Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. If you have SCD, there is a problem with your hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. With SCD, the hemoglobin forms into stiff rods within the red blood cells. This changes the shape of the red blood cells. The cells are supposed to be disc-shaped, but…
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D57.1
Sickle-cell disease without crisis
D57.40
Sickle-cell thalassemia without crisis
D57.419
Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with crisis
D57.80
Other sickle-cell disorders without crisis
D57.20
Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis
D57.42
Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero without crisis
D57.44
Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus without crisis
D57.819
Other sickle-cell disorders with crisis, unspecified
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