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Hydroxyurea dosage remains a challenging phenomenon for a drug that has changed how we manage sickle cell disease.

Hydroxyurea dosage. Prescribe it the right way!

Hydroxyurea dosage remains a challenging phenomenon for a drug that has changed how we manage sickle cell disease. We’ve extensively discussed hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease through a series of…

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Blood transfusion plays a pivotal role in the management of patients with sickle cell disease.

Blood Transfusion in Sickle Cell Disease: The preamble.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) remains one of the most common inherited disorders on the globe. Since its inception, blood transfusion remains pivotal therapy in the management of such patients. Before…

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Read more about the article Hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease: Recommendations of use.
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Hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease: Recommendations of use.

We’ve enjoyed three articles about hydroxyurea so far. Let’s summarize the recommendations for the administration of hydroxyurea alias Hydroxycarbamide.  These are; Educate all patients with SCA and their family members…

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Hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease: These features make it a perfect therapeutic agent: Part 2.

If you’ve read the previous article about the vital facts about hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease, you now have an idea about the drug. There are features that any therapeutic…

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Chronic eye complications in sickle cell disease: Everyone has a role to play.

We said in the previous articles that the management of sickle cell disease requires a multidisciplinary approach with the primary clinician at the centre of it. Chronic eye complications strictly…

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Hepatobiliary Complications in Sickle Cell Disease: Recommendations

Hepatobiliary complications in sickle cell disease range from gallbladder stones to life-threatening acute hepatic sequestration. For simplicity, we classify them as biliary and hepatic complications. Complications of the biliary tract…

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