OBO ID: DOID:1584
Term Name: acute chest syndrome Search Ontology:
Synonyms:
  • acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease
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
References:
  • ICD9CM:517.3
  • MESH:D056586
  • NCI:C138179
  • SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:372146004
  • UMLS_CUI:C0742343
Ontology: Human Disease   ( DOID:1584 )
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