Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition that causes red blood cells to be deformed. Sickle cell anemia (sickle cell disease) is a disorder of the blood caused by inherited abnormal hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein within the red blood cells). The abnormal hemoglobin causes distorted ...
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Deathdoi:10.1056/NEJM199406093302303Platt, Orah S.Brambilla, Donald J.Rosse, Wendell F.Milner, Paul F....
Insurance Status as a Sociodemographic Risk Factor for Functional Outcomes and Health-related Quality of Life Among Youth With Sickle Cell Disease Youth with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at risk for functional limitations and poor health-related quality of life (QoL). This study examined sociodemo...
摘要: Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death关键词: Humans Anemia, Sickle Cell Hemoglobin SC Disease beta-Thalassemia Life Expectancy Cause of Death Probability Risk Factors Regression Analysis ...
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The family was living in Iowa at the time, but they moved to Chicago for better care. "As a mother of a son who has sickle cell disease, it has been a challenge. From day one, McKinley has been in the hospitals on and off his entire life," Angelica said. ...
Model Concept View LargeDownload Abbreviations: QoL indicates quality of life; SCD, sickle cell disease. Figure 2. Expected Life-Years and Quality-Adjusted Life-Year Decrements by Age View LargeDownload Data shown for the sickle cell disease (SCD), non-SCD, and US general population. QALE ...
Sickle cell disease comprises chronic, genetically determined disorders, presenting significant morbidity and high prevalence in Brazil. The goal of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of sickle cell disease patients (hemoglobin SS and SC) and their sociodemographic and clinical characteristics...
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia and vascular occlusion, causing recurrent painful episodes, neuro-cognitive deficits, organ failures and death in early adulthood. Besides the medical consequences, most of the families with a child of SCD have to cop...
While research has long established disparities in health outcomes among individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD), few studies have quantified these gaps. A new study published in Blood Advances finds that the average life expectancy of publicly