Table 1 Distribution of patients characteristics and hospital admissions in patients with SCD admitted to a public university hospital, southeastern Brazil, 2000–2004
From: Factors associated with hospital readmission in sickle cell disease
Patients Characteristics | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
N = 71 | |
Sex | |
Male | 36 (50,7) |
Female | 35 (49,3) |
Phenotype | |
SS | 57 (80,3) |
Others | 14 (19,7) |
Ethnicity | |
White | 14 (19,7) |
Non-white | 57 (80,3) |
Education | |
Elementary school | 41 (57,7) |
Other | 30 (42,3) |
Hospital admissions | |
N = 223 | |
Vaso-occlusive crisis | 163 (73,1) |
Acute chest syndrome | 17 (7,6) |
Bacterial infection | 64 (28,7) |
Chronic renal failure | 11 (4,9) |
Opiate use | 188 (84,3) |