acute chest syndrome

Term ID

DOID:1584

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 )