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Preoperative screening for sickle cell disease in children: a pragmatic solution in a UK district hospital
Author(s) -
Jemmett Kim,
Williams Andrew
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/pan.12773
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , pediatrics , population , hemoglobinopathy , intensive care medicine , environmental health
Summary Sickle cell disease and other hemoglobin disorders are becoming increasingly prevalent across the whole of Europe and hence within our anesthetic practice. Despite this, there still appears to be a largely varied consensus on when preoperative sickle cell testing is necessary in the pediatric population. In this article, we describe one approach adopted in a district hospital within London to simplify this problem.