Background Acute pancreatitis is increasingly one of the most important acute
gastrointestinal conditions throughout much of the world, although incidence and aetiology …

As a result of carrier protection against malaria, the inherited hemoglobin disorders are the
commonest diseases attributable to single defective genes. Approximately 7 percent of the …

Although sickle cell disease (SCD) is marked by high utilization of medical resources, the full
cost of care for patients with SCD, including care not directly related to SCD, is unknown …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary hemoglobinopathy characterized by microvascular
vaso-occlusion with erythrocytes containing polymerized sickle (S) hemoglobin, erythrocyte …

Approaches to providing comprehensive coordinated care for individuals with complex
diseases include the medical home approach, the chronic care model in primary care, and …

Methods A sample size of 45,682 children and adolescents from newborn to 19 years of age
was selected by multistage random probability sampling of the Saudi households from each …

Background. Patients in West Africa where sickle cell anemia (SCA) is endemic have for
ages been treated with natural products, especially herbs, as, is still the case in rural …

Background While multiple studies have examined the healthcare burden of sickle cell
disease (SCD) in adults, few have specifically focused on healthcare utilization and …

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) may cause several impacts to patients and the whole
society. About 4% of the population has the sickle cell trait in Brazil, and 60,000 to 100,000 …

The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of cementless primary total hip
arthroplasty (THA) in sickle cell patients compared to the remaining cohort of osteonecrosis …