Pattern of mortality in sickle cell disease: an autopsy study
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Autopsy findings and pattern of mortality in Nigerian sickle cell disease patients
INTRODUCTION Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) has a high mortality rate in the environment where we practice. There is lack of contemporal autopsy studies describing causes of death among SCD patients at our centre. METHODS This is a retrospective study of SCD patients who died between January 1991 and December 2008 and that had autopsy examination to confirm the cause of death in a Nigerian teachin...
متن کاملThe Study of COVID-19 in an Iranian Family with Sickle Cell Disease
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a significant medical and public health problem in the world. It is believed that it can worsen in extreme conditions. Also, it is suggested that blood disorders such as sickle cell disease (SCD) may increase the risk of COVID-19 symptoms. The present study reports a family facing COVID-19, in which one of two members with SCD presented with fever, repeate...
متن کاملPattern of chronic lung lesions in adults with sickle cell disease in Lagos, Nigeria
Background: The vascular response to recurrent tissue hypoxia and reperfusion following red blood cell sickling causes acute chest syndrome and chronic lung disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of chronic lung lesions and possible risk factors in sickle cell patients in lagos, Nigeria.Methods: From July 2012 to April 2013, Pulmonary function test (PFT) and chest-x-ray...
متن کاملIntracardiac Thrombosis in Sickle Cell Disease
In patients with sickle cell disease, thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare complication. Also in sickle cell disease, intracardiac thrombus formation without structural heart diseases or atrial arrhythmias is a rare phenomenon. We herein describe a 22-year-old woman, who was a known case of sickle cell-βthalassemia, had a history of recent missed abortion, and was admitted with a vaso-occlusive...
متن کاملDefining Sickle Cell Disease Mortality
aPublic Health Institute, Oakland, CA bEmory University, Atlanta, GA cGeorgia State University, Department of Public Management and Policy, Atlanta, GA dGeorgia State University, Georgia Health Policy Center, Atlanta, GA eUniversity of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA fCalifornia Department of Public Health, Genetic Disease Screening Program, Richmond, C...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2320-6012,2320-6071
DOI: 10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20171853