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Interventions for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in people with sickle cell disease.
CONCLUSIONS: We identified no trials for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in adults, or in children who do not have HbSS SCD. Long-term red blood cell transfusions may reduce the incidence of silent cerebral infarcts in children with abnormal TCD velocities, but may have little or no effect on children with normal TCD velocities. In children who are at higher risk of stroke and have not had previous long-term transfusions, long-term red blood cell transfusions probably reduce the risk of stroke, and other SCD-related complications (acute chest syndrome and painful crises). In children and adolescents at high risk of str...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - April 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Estcourt LJ, Kimber C, Hopewell S, Trivella M, Doree C, Abboud MR Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Red blood cell transfusion to treat or prevent complications in sickle cell disease: an overview of Cochrane reviews.
CONCLUSIONS: This overview provides support from two high-quality Cochrane Reviews for the use of RBC transfusions in preventing stroke in children and adolescents at high risk of stroke (abnormal TCDs or SCI) and evidence that it may decrease the risk of SCI in children with abnormal TCD velocities. In addition RBC transfusions may reduce the risk of ACS and painful crisis in this population.This overview highlights the lack of high-quality evidence in adults with SCD and the number of reviews that have no evidence for the use of RBC transfusions across a spectrum of SCD complications. Also of concern is the variable and ...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - August 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Fortin PM, Hopewell S, Estcourt LJ Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research