Key Words: Sickle cell, pain, crisis, acute complications and management. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice Vol.5(2) 2002: 109-114MOO IbidapoMO KehindeNigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis (ASCHC) if the obstruction is not extensive Sickle cell intrahepatic cholestasis (SCIC): a severe, often fatal variant of ASCHC that occurs if the obstruction is extensive; associated with severe jaundice and renal impairment Both ASCHC and SCIC are associated wit...
Sickle cell crisis, a hallmark of sickle cell anemia, arises from the unique pathophysiology of this inherited hemoglobinopathy. The condition, characterized by a point mutation in the beta chain of the globin gene, leads to the synthesis of abnormal HbS protein, causing various crises. Vaso-occlu...
Presents a case study of a woman with sickle-cell anaemia. Medical description; Conclusions; References.ShulmanE.NatarajanM.LancetH.S.Juneja, E.Shulman, K.Reed, L.V.Mclntire, M.Natarajan. (1995) Pathophysiology and management of sickle cell pain crisis. The Lancet 346 , 1408-1411 /...
Neurological management of ischemic stroke in sickle cell disease– a case report with an updated review of the literature In children and adults with sickle-cell disease (SCD), acute ischemic stroke (AIS) associated with a vaso-occlusive crisis is a leading cause of physical a... C. Cipriet...
The management of pain in sickle cell disease. The pain of vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease is excruciating and sometimes incapacitating.24,34,46 It is the most common and debilitating probl... M Yaster,S Kost-Byerly,LG Maxwell - 《Pediatric Clinics of North America》 被引量:...
Successful management of a sickle cell crisis in two 11-year-old boys with a morphine infusion plus fourfold administration of a mixture of 50% N2O and 50% O2 for 15 minutes each has been reported.57 2. Another case report described development of peripheral neuropathy in three adults who ...
Modern management of sickle cell disease in pregnancy. Exchange transfusion technics are presented and their preventive and therapeutic value in sickle cell crisis and other associated complications is discussed... JH Bellina,JN Bickers - 《Southern Medical Journal》 被引量: 11发表: 1974年 The sickl...
Today, around 200,000–250,000 children are born with sickle cell disease with a high infant mortality rate (Sylvester et al., 2003). Sufferers are at risk from a sickling crisis, that includes severe pain caused by bone infarctions, which are susceptible to secondary infections such as ...
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