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- Title
Revisiting fat embolism in sickle syndromes: diagnostic and emergency therapeutic measures.
- Authors
Tsitsikas, Dimitris A.; May, Jori E.; Gangaraju, Radhika; Abukar, Jibril; Amos, Roger J.; Marques, Marisa B.
- Abstract
The article discusses a 2019 study on fat embolism syndrome (FES) in sickle cell disease (SCD) and its diagnosis and emergency therapies. Topics covered include the findings of predilection for non-homozygous patients and those with previous mild disease (PMD) and of infection with human parvovirus B19 (HPV B19), and the use of red cell exchange transfusion (RCE) with varying outcomes. Also noted is the pre-emptive treatment with RCE +- therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) before organ failure.
- Publication
British Journal of Haematology, 2019, Vol 186, Issue 4, pe112
- ISSN
0007-1048
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/bjh.15941