Open AccessThe role of red blood cell exchange in sickle cell disease in patient with COVID‐19 infection and pulmonary infiltrates
Author(s) -
Okar Lina,
Aldeeb Maya,
Yassin Mohamed A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3526
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pneumonia , disease , intensive care medicine , pandemic , red blood cell , cell , immunology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , biology , genetics
Due to the overlap between ACS and COVID‐19 pneumonia, we recommend close monitoring for those patients and offering them RBC exchange early in the course of the disease to avoid clinical deterioration.