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ironjustice@aol.com - 28 Mar 2007 17:05 GMT

Is it mere .. coincidence .. high hemoglobin brings on respiratory
distress .. and phlebotomy .. prevents .. sickle cell crisis /
pain .. ?

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Aug;28(8):481-5. Related Articles,
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Painful episodes in children with sickle cell disease and asthma are
temporally associated with respiratory symptoms.

Glassberg J, Spivey JF, Strunk R, Boslaugh S, DeBaun MR.

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine,
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the temporal relationship between an
asthma exacerbation and a painful episode in a child with sickle cell
disease (SCD). We tested the hypothesis that respiratory symptoms
either immediately precede or occur concomitantly with painful
episodes more frequently in children with SCD and asthma when compared
with children with SCD without asthma. METHODS: A cohort study was
conducted. As part of standard care, the primary hematologist referred
all children with SCD for evaluation by a pulmonologist. The
definition of asthma was based on the National Heart Lung and Blood
Institute's guidelines. All painful episodes during a 25-month
sampling frame were reviewed. Events that were diagnosed as asthma
exacerbations were excluded from analysis. Respiratory symptoms
(cough, wheeze, tachypnea, retractions, or grunting) were included if
they occurred up to 96 hours before a painful episode. RESULTS: A
total of 74 children were evaluated for a painful episode. Of these
patients, 36 were diagnosed with asthma (mean age 9.8 y; range 2.4 to
19.4) and 38 were determined not to have asthma (mean age, 9.8 y;
range 2.4 to 19.5). Among the children with pain and asthma, the odds
ratio of having antecedent or concurrent respiratory symptoms was 4.9
(95% confidence intervals, 2.2-10.7) when compared with children with
pain and without asthma. CONCLUSIONS: In children with both SCD and
asthma, respiratory symptoms are a risk factor for painful episodes
within 96 hours.

Publication Types:
Comparative Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

PMID: 16912587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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mcs@yahoo.com - 01 Apr 2007 11:05 GMT

um try doing that same comparison based on particulate pollution and you
will see the biggest conspiracy in the US today .injustice from people made
to inhale particulate pollution over and over. want to see my air filter? I
already suggest that this is the biggest killing field and it works like
this. Car emissions and oil refineries and coal is killing more people in
the US then almost anything. I think the links I have accumulated could
prove it. The closer to the exposure over and over the more health care
costs, the more percentage and ratio of illness. and the worse shape people
are in compared to people who get clean air. We are and have been murdered
by corporations and policies that have not protected people equally and are
in fact murdering cities and people more then anything else in America today
and comparisons Like I say all day and night could prove it if they wanted
to.
For the first time yesterday I even detected they lied about the pollution
count. in our city ( which by the way has most asthma nd most murders..)

> Is it mere .. coincidence .. high hemoglobin brings on respiratory
> distress .. and phlebotomy .. prevents .. sickle cell crisis /
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