We usually believe that pt with sickle cell trait is not as important as SCD(HbSS). In sickle cell trait, RBC has normal life span (120 vs 20) and no vaso-oclusive crisis. But article in the American Journal of Medicine, discussed a series of serious complication that can affect this type of patient ranging from hematuria, renal papillary necrosis, (more…)
June, 2012
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Complications Associated with Sickle Cell Trait
June 24, 2012 by Pourmand
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EKG differentiation of early Repol vs STEMI
June 4, 2012 by Pourmand
Annals of Emergency Medicine published an article which it provided a formula to determine if we can differentiate between STEMI vs Early Repolarization. I really do not know in an acute setting I am able to sit down and calculate this but sometimes in terms of training it could be fun to do this practice!!! (more…)
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