Efforts to improve the quality of life of patients living with Sickle Cell Disease often run into difficulty when faced with the question of pregnancy. As stated in this comment by Silva-Pinto et al, hematologists and obstetricians remain mostly in the dark about outcomes for pregnant women with the disease, given that Sickle Cell disease predisposes women to a host of complications, and most of the knowledge about the disease is based on data acquired from unpregnant women. Silva-Pinto et al further carried out an analysis of 34 pregnant women who have the disease. In addition to confirming the high prevalence of complications in pregnant Sickle Cell Disease patients, they noted some possible benefits to transfusions. Research remains crucial to improving outcomes for these and all other patients of the disease.
More from this week:
Malaria Resistance and Sickle Cell Trait
Raised Haemoglobin F (HbF) Level in Haemoglobinopathies: an Indicator of Polymorphism
Red blood cells of sickle cell disease patients exhibit abnormally high abundance of N-methyl D-aspartate receptors mediating excessive calcium uptake
Haemoglobin Patterns in Patients with Sickle Cell Haemoglobinopathies
Reduction of Intramedullary Apoptosis after Stem Cell Transplantation in Black African Variant of Pediatric Sickle Cell Anemia
Treating Pain in Sickle Cell Disease with Opioids : Clinical Advances, Ethical Pitfalls
Self-Efficacy, Transition, and Patient Outcomes in the Sickle Cell Disease Population
Serum Lipid Profile In Sickle Cell Disease Patients In Raipur District, Chhattisgarh
Sickle Cell Disease Patients With and Without Extremely High Hospital Use: Pain, Opioids, and Coping
Hemoglobin K-Woolwich (Hb KW): Its Combination with Sickle Cell Trait
Transfusional Iron Overload and Iron Chelation Therapy in Thalassemia Major and Sickle Cell Disease
Have A Great Weekend!
The ASN Team
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