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Sickle cell anemia

Africa

• BMC Medicine
  • Caring for Africa’s sickle cell children: will we rise to the challenge? [2020]

• Neurology
  • Neurologic complications of sickle cell disease in Africa [2017]

• WHO African Region
  • Progress in the implementation of the African Region sickle-cell strategy 2010–2020: information document [2020]
  • Sickle-Cell Disease: a strategy for the WHO African Region [2011]
  • Sickle-Cell Disease in the African Region: Current Situation and the Way Forward Report of the Regional Director [2006]
  • Sickle Cell Disease

Asia

• Neurology Research International
  • Prevalence of Stroke in Asian Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]

Brazil

• Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Social inequalities in the temporal trend of mortality from sickle cell disease in Brazil, 1996-2019 [2023]

• Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
  • Guidelines on sickle cell disease: primary stroke prevention in children and adolescents. Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular Guidelines project: Associação Médica Brasileira - 2021 [2022]

• Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
  • Analysis of the temporal trend of mortality from sickle cell anemia in Brazil [2022]

Canada

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Acute complications in children with sickle cell disease: Prevention and management [2022]

• CMAJ
  • Red blood cell transfusion in sickle cell disease [2023]

Congo-Brazzaville

• Anemia
  • Sickle-Cell Disease Healthcare Cost in Africa: Experience of the Congo [2016]

Cuba

• MEDICC Review
  • Sickle cell anemia in Cuba: prevention and management, 1982-2018 [2019]

France

• Haematologica
  • Severity and burden of sickle cell disease in France: a nationwide real-world study [2023]
  • Mortality in children with sickle cell disease in mainland France from 2000 to 2015 [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • Modeling the public health impact of voxelotor in the management of sickle cell disease in France [2023]
  • Epidemiology and disease burden of sickle cell disease in France: A descriptive study based on a French nationwide claim database [2021]

• Scientific Reports
  • Nationwide retrospective study of critically ill adults with sickle cell disease in France [2021]

Ghana

• BMC Nephrology
  • Chronic kidney disease is common in sickle cell disease: a cross-sectional study in the Tema Metropolis, Ghana [2015]

• BMJ Open
  • Time trends, sociodemographic and health factors associated with discharge and length of stay of hospitalised patients with sickle cell disease in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of national routine health database [2021]

• Pan African Medical Journal
  • Controlling sickle cell disease in Ghana – ethics and options [2011]

India

• BMJ Global Health
  • Sickle cell disease in India: a scoping review from a health systems perspective to identify an agenda for research and action [2021]

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • A systematic review on hydroxyurea therapy for sickle cell disease in India [2022]
  • Evolving locally appropriate models of care for Indian sickle cell disease [2016]
  • Sickle cell disease in tribal populations in India [2015]

• Scientific Reports
  • The spatial epidemiology of sickle-cell anaemia in India [2018]

International

• Haematologica
  • Environmental determinants of severity in sickle cell disease [2015]

• International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Relevance of Plasma Homocysteine and Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase 677TT Genotype in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]

• Lancet Haematology
  • Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000-2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 [2023]

• Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
  • Current Issues and Options for Hormonal Contraception in Adolescents and Young Adult Women With Sickle Cell Disease: An Update for Health Care Professionals [2020]

Italy

• British Journal of Haematology
  • Acute events in children with sickle cell disease in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic: useful lessons learned [2021]

• Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Organizing national responses for rare blood disorders: the Italian experience with sickle cell disease in childhood [2013]

Low and middle income countries

• American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Fever Management in Sickle Cell Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Survey of SCD Management Programs [2020]

Low-income countries

• Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • Evidence review of hydroxyurea for the prevention of sickle cell complications in low-income countries [2013]

Middle East

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Sickle cell disease in Middle East Arab countries [2011]

Nigeria

• Advances in Hematology
  • Hypertransfusion Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria [2014]

• Anemia
  • Management of Sickle Cell Disease: A Review for Physician Education in Nigeria (Sub-Saharan Africa) [2015]

• BMC Medicine
  • Association of sickle cell disease with anthropometric indices among under-five children: evidence from 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey [2021]

• Demographic and Health Surveys
  • Analysis of Sickle Cell Genotypes of Young Children in Nigeria Using the 2018 DHS Survey [2020]

Nigeria, United States

• Hemoglobin
  • Comparison of Patients from Nigeria and the USA Highlights Modifiable Risk Factors for Sickle Cell Anemia Complications [2014]

Oman

• Acta Biomedica
  • The prevalence of sickling abnormality in Oman: A review of relevant publications [2022]

Saudi Arabia

• Annals of Saudi Medicine
  • Epidemiology of sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia [2011]

• Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
  • Commonly used agent for acute pain management of sickle cell anemia in Saudi Emergency Department: A narrative review [2021]

South Africa

• South African Medical Journal
  • Recommendations for the management of sickle cell disease in South Africa [2014]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Nutrition
  • Nutritional perspectives on sickle cell disease in Africa: a systematic review [2021]

Sudan

• Pan African Medical Journal
  • The ethnic distribution of sickle cell disease in Sudan [2014]

Tanzania

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Surveillance for sickle cell disease, United Republic of Tanzania [2020]

• Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Health policy for sickle cell disease in Africa: experience from Tanzania on interventions to reduce under-five mortality [2014]

United Kingdom

• Association of Anaesthetists
  • Peri-operative management of patients with sickle cell disease [2021]

• British Society for Haematology
  • Guidelines for the use of hydroxycarbamide in children and adults with sickle cell disease [2018]
  • Guidelines on red cell transfusion in sickle cell disease. Part I: principles and laboratory aspects [2017]
  • Guidelines on red cell transfusion in sickle cell disease Part II: indications for transfusion [2017]
  • Guideline on the management of acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease [2015]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Crizanlizumab for preventing sickle cell crises in sickle cell disease [2021]
  • Spectra Optia for automatic red blood cell exchange in patients with sickle cell disease [2016]
  • Sickle cell acute painful episode [2014]
  • Sickle cell acute painful episode: management of an acute painful sickle cell episode in hospital [2012]

• NHS England
  • Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for adults with sickle cell disease [2020]

• Royal College of Pathologists
  • Guidelines on autopsy practice: Autopsy in sickle cell disease and persons with sickle trait [2017]

United States

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Health Supervision for Children With Sickle Cell Disease [2016]

• American Journal of Hematology
  • Evidence gaps in the management of sickle cell disease: A summary of needed research [2015]

• American Society of Hematology
  • American Society of Hematology 2021 guidelines for sickle cell disease: stem cell transplantation [2021]
  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: transfusion support [2020]
  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disease in children and adults [2020]
  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: management of acute and chronic pain [2020]
  • American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for sickle cell disease: cardiopulmonary and kidney disease [2019]
  • 2019 sickle cell disease guidelines by the American Society of Hematology: methodology, challenges, and innovations [2019]
  • State of Sickle Cell Disease: 2016 Report [2016]
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines on Sickle Cell Disease

• American Thoracic Society
  • An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease [2014]

• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • Trends in Sickle Cell Disease–Related Mortality in the United States, 1979 to 2017 [2020]

• Blood Advances
  • Long-term survival with sickle cell disease: a nationwide cohort study of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries [2023]
  • Building access to care in adult sickle cell disease: defining models of care, essential components, and economic aspects [2020]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vital Signs: Use of Recommended Health Care Measures to Prevent Selected Complications of Sickle Cell Anemia in Children and Adolescents — Selected U.S. States, 2019 [2022]
  • Surveillance for Sickle Cell Disease — Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, Two States, 2004–2018 [2022]
  • CDC Grand Rounds: Improving the Lives of Persons with Sickle Cell Disease [2017]
  • Incidence of Sickle Cell Trait — United States, 2010 [2014]
  • Sickle Cell Disease Research
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Preventing Sickle Cell Anemia Complications in Children

• Global Pediatric Health
  • Barriers to Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Guideline Recommendations [2019]

• JAMA Health Forum
  • Rethinking Care Models for Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease [2023]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Addressing Sickle Cell Disease: A Strategic Plan and Blueprint for Action [2020]

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Sickle Cell Disease: Milestones in Research and Clinical Progress [2018]
  • Evidence-Based Management of Sickle Cell Disease: Expert Panel Report, 2014 [2014]

• Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Practice Patterns for Neuroimaging and Transfusion Therapy for Management of Neurologic Complications in Sickle Cell Anemia: DISPLACE Consortium [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • What does it mean to be affiliated with care?: Delphi consensus on the definition of "unaffiliation" and "specialist" in sickle cell disease [2022]
  • Prevalence of comorbidities associated with sickle cell disease among non-elderly individuals with commercial insurance-A retrospective cohort study [2022]
  • Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Admissions Associated with Priapism among Males with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States, 2006–2010 [2016]

• Public Health Reports
  • A National Measurement Framework to Assess and Improve Sickle Cell Care in 4 US Regions [2020]

• Scientific Reports
  • Multi-center retrospective study of children with sickle cell disease admitted to pediatric intensive care units in the United States [2023]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Sickle-cell anaemia [2006]

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