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ArticleCureus2021

A Patient With Hemoglobin SC Disease and Acute Ischemic Stroke Presenting With Altered Mental Status.

Aye M Thida, Kitson Deane, Mateus Fernandes, Htun M Aung, Pouyan Gohari

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aye M ThidaDepartment of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Kitson DeaneDepartment of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Mateus FernandesDepartment of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Htun M AungDepartment of Medicine, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Pouyan GohariDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center · USInterfaith Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, asthma, and hemoglobin SC disease presented to the emergency department by her home health aide after she was found having altered mental status. According to her home health aide, the patient was responding with "Ok" to her questions for more than a day. The hemoglobin on admission was 8.5 g/dL. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without contrast of the brain showed acute cortical infarcts superimposed on the old infarct zone. The patient received 1 unit of packed red blood cells and a session of exchange transfusion, in addition to aspirin, clopidogrel, and atorvastatin during the hospital stay. When a patient known to have sickle cell disease presents with acute neurological deficits, the first consideration is usually acute ischemic stroke due to vaso-occlusion in the cerebral vessels. However, it is essential to not overlook other potential causes of acute neurological deficits.

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acute ischemic strokeacute neurological deficitaltered mental status evaluationhemoglobin sc diseasered cell exchange transfusion

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PMID34765367
PMCPMC8572556
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