Research Article
Hospitalization Events among Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Basra, Iraq
Table 2
Causes of hospital admission.
| Cause |
Admitted patients |
Hospitalization events | Number | % | Number | % |
| Acute painful crisis | 104 | 65 | 175 | 73.84 | ACS/pneumonia | 19 | 11.88 | 19 | 8.02 | ASSC | 13 | 8.13 | 15 | 6.32 | Infection | | | | | Urinary tract infection | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4.23 | Hepatitis A | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | 1.69 | Gastroenteritis | 3 | 1.88 | 4 | 1.69 | Fever | 2 | 1.25 | 2 | 0.84 | Cervical lymphadenitis | 2 | 1.25 | 2 | 0.84 | Bleeding due to hypersplenism | 2 | 1.25 | 3 | 1.27 | AVN | 1 | 0.63 | 1 | 0.42 | Stroke | 1 | 0.63 | 1 | 0.42 | Neuroblastoma | 1 | 0.63 | 1 | 0.42 |
| Total | 160 | 100 | 237 | 100 |
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ACS: acute chest syndrome, ASSC: acute splenic sequestration crises, and AVN: avascular necrosis.
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