The obstetric management of sickle cell disease

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-36

  Howard, Jo ^a   Oteng Ntim, Eugene ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; painful crisis; pregnancy; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IRON CHELATING AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PETHIDINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTRACEPTION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; IRON CHELATION; IRON OVERLOAD; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; PAIN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84856410308     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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