Focuses on sickle-cell disease and the model of care for the disease. Treatment of painful vaso-occlusive crises in patients with the disease; Question of how comprehensive care can be delivered; Hospital care; Drugs with magnesium, clotrimazole, or nitric oxide being studied for their potential ...
Sickle cell disease is caused by a genetic mutation in the hemoglobin within red blood cells. This abnormal hemoglobin sticks together, changing the shape of a person's red blood cells. These misshapen cells can disrupt blood flow, leading to pain, anemia, infection, and other complications. Pe...
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...
The majority of the patients (91.5%) had sickle cell disease. The most common cause of hospital admission was vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) (64.9%) followed by infection (24.5%), acute chest syndrome (ACS) (18.1%), and acute hemolytic crisis (12.8%). We found no significant difference ...
INTRODUCTION: We present a case of a pregnant female who presented with sickle cell crisis, pancreatitis, eclampsia, renal failure and bilateral cortical blindness. CASE REPORT: A 37 weeks' pregnant female with history of sickle cell disease presented with ...
The medical effect of SCD, that results in frequent vaso-occlusive crisis, manifested as an absolute challenge among the majority of parents. Parents stated that they were not well-prepared psychologically that their children will be having frequent crises for their entire life. Therefore, it has ...
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hemoglobinopathy that causes debilitating pain. Patients often report dissatisfaction during care seeking for pain or a sickle cell crisis (SCC). The Theory of Self-Care Management for SCD conceptualizes assertive communication as a self-care management res...
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The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effects of comprehensive nursing guidelines for sickle-cell patients in crisis on the nurses' knowledge base and job satisfaction for nursing care given This study was earned out through the use of a single-group pretest-posttest design A ...