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Ann Emerg Med
; 33(2): 230-3, 1999 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9922422
RESUMO
This article describes 2 white male patients with probable splenic crisis caused by sickle cell trait after travel from sea level to a moderately high altitude. Both did well with return to lower altitude and conservative treatment. Although rare, this entity should be considered in patients presenting to the emergency department with left-sided chest or abdominal pain after travel to moderate or high altitude.