Back Pain in the Young Child and Adolescent by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030507589
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

In the setting of acute-onset back pain, asking a history inclusive of recent transfusion is critical to make sure a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction is not missed.

Laboratory evaluation may be helpful to decide between a vaso-occlusive crises (low-grade fever, mildly elevated ESR and CRP) and infection (higher-grade fever, ESR and CRP elevated often above 40 mm/hr and 2 mg/dL – with VOC elevated usually only up to 6 mg/dL and infection can increase much higher) – but frequently not able to discern between the two with labs and temperature alone.

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