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Sickle Cell - Coggle Diagram
Sickle Cell
Acute Chest Syndrome
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Characterised by
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- Intra-arterial thrombosis
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- Can rapidly progress to resp failure
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Mx
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Long Term
- Additional disease modification required
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- Potential candidate for curative therapy
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Epidmemioloy
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Fewer than 5 DMA (disease modifying agents) for Sickle - most people with SCD do not have access to it
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Stoke
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Mx
Acute Mx
- Emergency Rec cell Exchange
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- Apspirin - held in view of haemorrhagic
- Not suitable for thrombolysis
Long term
- RCE programme via dual lumen vortex port
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- Consider bone marrow transplant - sibling match?
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HPLC
Variant haemoglobin identified by their shifted eution time from the ion exchange column com[ared HbA
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Disease Modification
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c/i / caution
Not recommended in uncomplicated painful crisi as there is no evidence that it shortens the duration of the painful crisis
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