Purpose: To familiarize primary care providers (PCPs) with the pathophysiological
processes, diagnostic evaluation, and medical management of sickle hemoglobinopathies …

Family physicians are the primary and sometimes only health care resource for families
affected by sickle cell disease. Recently published guidelines provide important …

Much progress has been made during the past 20 years in the treatment of sickle cell
disease. Identification of most affected infants by neonatal screening provides opportunities …

Sickle Cell Disease: Health Promotion and Maintenance and the Role of Primary Care Nurse
Practitioners Page 1 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of complex genetic disorders with multisystem
manifestations. This statement provides pediatricians in primary care and subspecialty …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of complex genetic disorders with multisystem
manifestations. This statement provides pediatricians in primary care and subspecialty …

One of the challenges facing the US healthcare system is the ability to comprehensively
serve those with relatively rare and complex disorders, particularly for those conditions that …

As more children are appropriately being diagnosed, the burden of sickle cell disease is
increasing greatly in Africa and in high-resource countries such as the United States and …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the name for a group of genetic blood disorders caused by
sickle hemoglobin (Hb S). The 2 key features of SCD are chronic hemolytic anemia and …

This article reviews the current state of the knowledge in the management of children and
adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD). Athorough review of the literature concerning …