Executive summary All over the world, people with sickle cell disease (an inherited
condition) have premature deaths and preventable severe chronic complications, which …

Background Pregnancy in women with sickle‐cell disease (SCD) is associated with
increased adverse outcomes. Findings on the association between SCD and adverse …

OBJECTIVE: Previous reports on pregnancy in homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease are
biased by hospital-based, more severely affected subjects and may have underestimated …

Secondary pulmonary hypertension (PAH) has been shown to have a prevalence of 30% in
patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with mortality rates of 40% at 40 months after …

Background Pregnant women with sickle cell disease (HbSS, HbSC and HbSβThal) may
require blood transfusion to prevent severe anaemia or to manage potential medical …

Objective To evaluate the maternal and fetal outcome in pregnant women with sickle cell
disease and to highlight the complications encountered during pregnancy and delivery at a …

Background Data regarding pregnancy outcomes in sickle cell disease are conflicting.
Previous studies are limited by small sample size, narrow geographic area, and a wide …

Pregnancy in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients is associated with increased risk of maternal
and fetal mortality. This study determines pregnancy outcomes among women with SCD …

Women with sickle cell disorder are historically known to have significant maternal and
perinatal complications but recent studies from developed countries show a change in this …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with adverse pregnancy outcome. In women with
SCD living in low‐resource settings, pregnancy is associated with significantly increased …