Regular automated red cell exchange transfusion in the management of pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 707-710

  Tsitsikas, Dimitris A ^a   Seligman, Henry ^a   Sirigireddy, Bala ^a   Odeh, Liz ^a   Nzouakou, Ruben ^a   Amos, Roger J ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated red cell exchange transfusion; Pulmonary hypertension; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SILDENAFIL;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; AMBULATORY CARE; AUTOMATED RED CELL EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG ULCER; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 84925223336     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13031     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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