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