Over 30 million people worldwide have sickle cell disease (SCD). Emergent and non-
emergent surgical procedures in SCD have been associated with relatively increased risks …

The term sickle cell disease (SSD) encompasses several different sickle
hemoglobinopathies, including homozygous hemoglobin S (sickle cell anemia Hb SS), the …

Methods: The records of 30 children with SCD diagnosed with cholelithiasis from June 1995
to September 2005 were retraspectively reviewed. All 30 children were asymptomatic at the …

Purpose Approximately 200,000 individuals worldwide are born annually with sickle cell
disease (SCD). Regions with the highest rates of SCD include Africa, the Mediterranean …

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited defect that affects the structure and synthesis of
hemoglobin. In sickle cell trait, the affected individuals carry one gene for the abnormal …

Object Many children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) also have clinical and radiographic
findings of an arteriopathy suggestive of moyamoya syndrome. These patients may continue …

Most previous studies of THA in sickle cell disease report high risks of medical and
orthopaedic complications, including infections and a higher incidence of failure than …

Objective: Sickle cell disease is associated with a decreased life expectancy, half of the
deaths occurring in the ICU. We aimed to describe the characteristics of sickle cell disease …

Pregnant women with sickle cell disease appear to be more likely to experience antepartum,
intrapartum, and postpartum complications when compared with unaffected women. Access …

Anaemia in pregnancy defined as haemoglobin (Hb) level of< 10 gm/dL, is a qualitative or
quantitative deficiency of Hb or red blood cells in circulation resulting in reduced oxygen …