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Blood transfusion services for patients with sickle cell disease in Nigeria
Conclusion Current efforts of Nigerian public hospitals to provide safe blood and CTT fall short of best practice. Provision of apheresis machines, improvement of voluntary non-remunerated donor drive, screening for red cell antigens and antibodies, and availability of iron chelators would significantly improve SCD care in Nigeria.
Source: International Health - September 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Diaku-Akinwumi, I. N., Abubakar, S. B., Adegoke, S. A., Adeleke, S., Adewoye, O., Adeyemo, T., Akinbami, A., Akinola, N. O., Akinsulie, A., Akinyoola, A., Aneke, J., Awwalu, S., Babadoko, A., Brown, B., Ejike, O., Emodi, I., George, I., Girei, A., Hassan, Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Regular blood transfusions can stave off repeat strokes in children with sickle cell disease
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Monthly blood transfusions can substantially reduce the risk of recurrent strokes in children with sickle cell disease who have already suffered a silent stroke, according to the results of an international study by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Vanderbilt University and 27 other medical institutions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 20, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Monthly blood transfusions reduce sickle cell anemia-related brain injury in children
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Regular blood transfusions prevent recurrent blockage of brain blood vessels, a serious neurological side effect that occurs in one third of children with sickle cell anemia, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings appear in the Aug. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 20, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Neurosurgery Morbidity and Mortality: A Prospective Surgical and Medical Analysis
CONCLUSION: The mortality and morbidity analysis provided valuable neurosurgical information that may influence future treatment management and corrective recommendations. Indication and judgment errors were significantly associated with mortality. In our study, the patients' comorbidities were not significant for mortality or increased length of stay.PMID:36941096
Source: Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal - March 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Orlando De Jesus Jos é I Sandoval-Consuegra Aixa De Jes ús-Espinosa Ricardo J Fern ández-de Thomas C ésar M Carballo-Cuello Source Type: research

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