2020
Influenza vaccine effectiveness and disease burden in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: 2012‐2017
Kao CM, Lai K, McAteer JM, Elmontser M, Quincer EM, Yee MEM, Tippet A, Jerris RC, Lane PA, Anderson EJ, Bakshi N, Yildirim I. Influenza vaccine effectiveness and disease burden in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: 2012‐2017. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2020, 67: e28358. PMID: 32469138, PMCID: PMC8221251, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza vaccine effectivenessSickle cell diseaseVaccine effectivenessYears of ageInfluenza infectionOdds ratioCell diseaseLaboratory-confirmed influenza infectionSeasonal influenza vaccine effectivenessTest-negative case-control study designAdjusted vaccine effectivenessAdjusted VE estimatesInfluenza-positive casesOverall vaccine effectivenessAcute chest syndromeBurden of influenzaPatients 6 monthsMulticenter prospective studyTest-negative controlsAnnual influenza vaccineCase-control study designConfidence intervalsLogistic regression modelsChest syndromeInfluenza season
2017
Acute Chest Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Jain S, Bakshi N, Krishnamurti L. Acute Chest Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Disease. Pediatric Allergy Immunology And Pulmonology 2017, 30: 191-201. PMID: 29279787, PMCID: PMC5733742, DOI: 10.1089/ped.2017.0814.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsAcute chest syndromeSickle cell diseaseHistory of asthmaVaso-occlusive crisisChest syndromeLung diseaseRisk factorsCell diseaseIncidence of ACSAcute vaso-occlusive crisisSteady-state hemoglobin levelsWhite blood cell countNew pulmonary infiltratesNew respiratory symptomsSevere SCD genotypesMild respiratory illnessPresence of feverChronic lung diseaseFetal hemoglobin concentrationPulmonary fat embolismRespiratory distress syndromeTobacco smoke exposureAcute lung diseaseBlood cell countChest X-ray