Gene/Protein
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Drug
Enzyme
Compound
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Gene/Protein
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Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
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Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
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Enzyme
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Query: UMLS:C0184567 (
acute pain
)
3,962
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Red cell exchange transfusions remain an effective but possibly underutilized therapy in the acute and chronic treatment of sickle cell disease. In sickle cell disease, increased blood viscosity can cause complications when the hemoglobin exceeds 10 g/dL even if this is due to simple transfusion. Red cell exchange can provide needed oxygen carrying capacity while reducing the overall viscosity of blood. Acute red cell exchange is useful in acute infarctive stroke, in acute chest and the multi-organ failure syndromes, the right upper quadrant syndrome, and possibly
priapism
. Neither simple or exchange transfusions are likely to hasten resolution of an
acute pain
episode.
...
PMID:Red cell exchange in sickle cell disease. 1712 39
