Risk factors for high cerebral blood flow velocity and death in Kenyan children with Sickle Cell Anaemia: Role of haemoglobin oxygen saturation and febrile illness

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-532

  Makani, Julie ^a,b,c   Kirkham, Fenella J ^d,e   Komba, Albert ^a,b   Ajala Agbo, Tolulope ^d   Otieno, Godfrey ^b   Fegan, Gregory ^b,f   Williams, Thomas N ^b,c   Marsh, Kevin ^b,c   Newton, Charles R ^b,e,f  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Cerebrovascular accidents; Mortality; Sickle Cell Anaemia; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KENYA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 65349108054     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07660.x     Document Type: Article

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