National guidelines recommend that providers counsel all patients with sickle cell anemia
about hydroxyurea (HU) therapy and screen children with sickle cell anemia annually for the …

Background Little is known about adherence to guidelines recommending yearly screening
with transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography to detect stroke risk for children with severe …

Objective. We explored factors that may influence physician adherence to transcranial
Doppler (TCD) screening guidelines among children with sickle cell disease. Methods …

Stroke prevention guidelines for sickle cell anemia (SCA) recommend transcranial Doppler
(TCD) screening to identify children at stroke risk; however, TCD screening implementation …

Background Current guidelines recommend that children with HbSS or HbSβ° thal undergo
yearly transcranial Doppler screenings (TCD) to identify those at high risk for stroke …

Importance With transcranial Doppler (TCD) screening, we can identify children and
adolescents with sickle cell anemia who are at the highest risk of stroke. An accurate claims …

Stroke, a devastating complication of sickle cell anemia (SCA), can cause irreversible brain
injury with physical and cognitive deficits. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) is a …

Abstract Background Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) has been demonstrated to be a
powerful predictor of stroke risk due to sickle cell disease (SCD) in pediatric populations …

Objective To evaluate adherence to annual transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD)
screening to prevent stroke among patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) seen in the …

The vast majority of children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) live in Africa, where evidence‐
based guidelines for primary stroke prevention are lacking. In Kano, Nigeria, we conducted …