Sickle cell anemia

... irreversible debilitating side effects, may benefit from prevention of loss of health status and quality of life Conclusion The quality of life of patients with sickle cell anemia is severely compromised ... Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia: Effect of hydroxyurea on the frequency of painful crises in sickle cell anemia N Engl J...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... publication of data regarding her case Author Details 1Department of Microbiology, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK, 2Department of Haematology, Mayday University Hospital, ... localized muscle pain and muscle tenderness The availability of MRI can facilitate early diagnosis and prevent complications Treatment includes appropriate antibiotics and drainage if indic...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... ia like sickle cell anemia tend to occur in tropical regions "Tower" or "Bossed" Skull phenotype in sickle- cell anemia The cause of Sickle cell anemia The inheritance of sickle cell anemia Symptoms ... has occured within the red blood cells However in sickle cell anemia the hemoglobin level is much lower With this in mind one can easily conclude why the sickle...

Ngày tải lên: 29/12/2015, 22:11

... A PARENTS’ HANDBOOK FOR SICKLE CELL D I S E A S E PART II _ Six to Eighteen Years of Age Authors Children’s Hospital—Oakland Sickle Cell Center Ann Earles, RN, PNP Marsha Treadwill, ... California Sickle Cell Center, Janet Fithian, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Peter Grams, MSW, Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation, Ekua Hackney, MS, PNP, Children’s Hosp...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... descriptive method to investigate the parental attitude towards children with sickle cell disease in selected health facilities in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria Population ... causes of sickle cell disease and their attitudes toward children with sickle cell disease Table 2: Relationship of sex and attitude of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... examine the etiology of growth failure in children with homozygous SCD The electronic databases searched include Cochrane, Medline/PubMed, and Cinahl Search terms used SCD combined with homozygous, ... homozygous, growth, height, weight, body mass index, and nutrition Growth Failure There are main factors that have been found to contribute to growth failure in chil...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... GR Prepubertal growth and skeletal maturation in children with sickle cell disease Pediatrics 1986; 78:124–32 33 Silva CM, Viana MB Growth deficits in children with sickle cell disease Arch Med ... 27% of 131 children with sickle cell anaemia (,18 yrs) had weights and heights ,22 SD compared with African multi-ethnic reference values.52 In Zambian chil...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... dedicated their professional careers to the care of individuals with sickle cell disease The names of the authors, their affiliations, and their e-mail addresses are listed in the front of the book ... specialize in the care of children and adults with sickle cell disease, describes the current approach to counseling and also to management of many of th...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 12:20

... on the efficacy and/or effectiveness of hydroxyurea treatment of hematologic diseases, the toxicity of hydroxyurea in the treatment of any disease, and the barriers to the treatment of sickle cell ... have sickle cell disease? What are the short- and long-term harms of hydroxyurea treatment? What are the barriers to the use of hydroxyurea...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... identified CPG 21-1 Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Children Page of 15 Inclusion Criteria: • Sickle cell patients presenting with signs of VOC • Presenting sign relative to the site of the VOC and ... 15-20% of infants and young children with sickle cell anemia die before the age of 5, usually of septicemia or meningitis In children under years...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... treatment seeking for pain from sickle cell disease: qualitative study British Medical Journal, 318, 1585–1590 McCrae, J.D & Lumley, M A (1998) Health status in sickle cell disease: examining the roles ... cell pain Archives of Disease in Childhood, 86, 325–329 Anie, K.A.; Steptoe, A & Bevan, D.H (2002b) Sickle cell disease: pain, coping, and quality of life in a stud...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20

... determining discriminant validity of the PedsQL™ Family Impact Module in our population of children with sickle cell disease, we collected data on the disease status of the children with sickle cell ... and reliable measure for assessing the impact of SCD on parents and families We therefore analyzed the following properties of the PedsQL™...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... DH: Sickle cell disease: Pain, coping and quality of life in a study of adults in the UK Br J Health Psychol 2002, 7(Part 3):331-344 Anie KA, Steptoe A: Pain, mood and opioid medication use in sickle ... Discussion The main purpose of this paper was to assess the utility of this instrument in patients with SCD living in Jamaica In all of its performance measu...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Hydroxyurea and sickle cell anemia: effect on quality of life Health & Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, 4:59 Maikler VE, Broome ME, Bailey P, Lea G: Children's and adolescents' use of diaries for sickle cell ... Psychosocial Adaptation of Children and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease In Comprehensive handbook of childhood cancer and sickle cell...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Osteonecrosis of the hip in sickle cell haemoglobinopathy The Am J Orthop 1995, 1:18-24 33 Okany CC, Akinyanju OO: The influence of socio-economic Status on the severity of sickle cell disease Afr ... doi:10.1186/1749-799X-5-2 Cite this article as: Balogun et al.: Spectrum of musculo-skeletal disorders in sickle cell disease in Lagos, Nigeria Journal of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20