A quality improvement intervention for vaso-occlusive episodes (VOEs) has shown that specific interventions can significantly improve emergency department (ED) care for children with sickle cell ...

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is not automatically a disability by law. However, people who experience debilitating symptoms may qualify for disability benefits, and several laws protect them from ...

A cross-sectional analysis assessed the birth prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) alongside data on social vulnerability to highlight the needs of communities impacted by SCD. SCD, a blood ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. SCD is typically benign, meaning it is noncancerous. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that SCD ...

A large rise in the number of sickle cell disease deaths in Bahrain has prompted concern. The Gulf island kingdom has a high incidence of the genetic red blood cell disease, but in 2012 the number of ...

SCD is inherited as an autosomal codominant trait 1; individuals who are heterozygous for the β S allele carry the sickle cell trait (HbAS) but do not have SCD, whereas individuals who are homozygous ...