TY - JOUR
T1 - Is pain crisis a cause of death in sickle cell disease
AU - Parfrey, N. A.
AU - Moore, G. W.
AU - Hutchins, G. M.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - It has been a matter of controversy as to whether patients with sickle cell disease die of crisis or merely in crisis. The authors reviewed the 74 patients with sickle cell disease autopsied at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. From clinical review, there were 20 (27%) who died with pain crisis, 51 (69%) who died without pain crisis, and 3 (4%) for whom documentation was insufficient. On pathology review, death was attributable to infection in 19 (26%), uremia in 9 (12%), sequestration crisis in 9 (12%), necrotic bone marrow emboli in 7 (9%), and miscellaneous causes in 14 (19%); in 16 (22%) patients no cause of death could be identified. Death was explained in 47/51 (92%) patients without pain crisis; but only in 11/20 (55%, P
AB - It has been a matter of controversy as to whether patients with sickle cell disease die of crisis or merely in crisis. The authors reviewed the 74 patients with sickle cell disease autopsied at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. From clinical review, there were 20 (27%) who died with pain crisis, 51 (69%) who died without pain crisis, and 3 (4%) for whom documentation was insufficient. On pathology review, death was attributable to infection in 19 (26%), uremia in 9 (12%), sequestration crisis in 9 (12%), necrotic bone marrow emboli in 7 (9%), and miscellaneous causes in 14 (19%); in 16 (22%) patients no cause of death could be identified. Death was explained in 47/51 (92%) patients without pain crisis; but only in 11/20 (55%, P
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M3 - Article
C2 - 4025226
AN - SCOPUS:0022260481
SN - 0002-9173
VL - 84
SP - 209
EP - 212
JO - American Journal of Clinical Pathology
JF - American Journal of Clinical Pathology
IS - 2
ER -