Low flow nocturnal oxygen therapy does not suppress haemoglobin levels or increase painful crises in sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-456

  Ip, Hugh ^a   Kesse Adu, Rachel ^a   Howard, Jo ^a   Hart, Nicholas ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nocturnal oxygen therapy; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; NOCTURNAL HYPOXIA; NOCTURNAL OXYGEN THERAPY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANOXIA; ANTISICKLING AGENTS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PAIN; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876171529     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12254     Document Type: Article

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