Hospitalization Events among Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Basra, Iraq

Table 3

Causes of admission in relation to type of SCD.

Causes of admission	SCA		S/β-Thalassemia		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Acute painful crisis	16	55.17	88	67.18	104	65
ACS	8	27.59	11	8.4	19	11.88
ASSC	2	6.89	11	8.4	13	8.13
Infection
UTI			8	6.11	8	5
Hepatitis A	1	3.45	3	2.29	4	2.5
Gastroenteritis	1	3.45	2	1.53	3	1.88
Fever			2	1.53	2	1.25
Cervical lymphadenitis	1	3.45	1	0.76	2	1.25
Bleeding due to hypersplenism			2	1.53	2	1.25
AVN			1	0.76	1	0.63
Stroke			1	0.76	1	0.63
Neuroblastoma			1	0.76	1	0.63
Total	29	100	131	100	160	100

value = 0.007 (chi-square).
ACS: acute chest syndrome, ASSC: acute splenic sequestration crises, AVN: avascular necrosis, and UTI: urinary tract infection.