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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar;19(2):120-123.
doi: 10.2450/2021.0430-20. Epub 2021 Feb 3.

Simultaneous diagnosis of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and sickle cell disease in two infants

Emilia Parodi  1 , Vincenzo Voi  2 , Barbara Vania  3 , Pietro Lonardi  3 , Paola Saracco  1 , Annalisa Longobardo  1 , Sergio Grassitelli  1 , Licia Peruzzi  1 , Carlo Scolfaro  1 , Antonio Piga  2
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Case Reports

Simultaneous diagnosis of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and sickle cell disease in two infants

Emilia Parodi et al. Blood Transfus. 2021 Mar.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest X-ray of patient 1 at admission Extensive bilateral interstitial infiltrates with right medium-basal and left retro-cardiac consolidation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Clinical timeline of the two sickle cell disease (SCD) infants Endothelial involvement as the main connection between pulmonary impairment in case 1 and thrombotic microangiopathy in case 2. HbS: sickle haemoglobin; Hbf: fetal haemoglobin ; NC: nasal canula; HFNC: high flow nasal cannula; PCV: pressure control ventilation; HFOV: high frequency oscillatory ventilation; VV-ECMO: veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation; CRRT CVVHDF: continuous renal replacement
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