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Management of sickle cell disease in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Crawford Todd C.,
Carter Michael V.,
Patel Rina K.,
SuarezPierre Alejandro,
Lin Sophie Z.,
Magruder Jonathan Trent,
Grimm Joshua C.,
Cameron Duke E.,
Baumgartner William A.,
Mandal Kaushik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.13093
Subject(s) - medicine , hemoglobinopathy , disease , cardiac surgery , limiting , intensive care medicine , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering
Abstract Sickle cell disease is a life‐limiting inherited hemoglobinopathy that poses inherent risk for surgical complications following cardiac operations. In this review, we discuss preoperative considerations, intraoperative decision‐making, and postoperative strategies to optimize the care of a patient with sickle cell disease undergoing cardiac surgery.