Managing sickle cell disease in pregnancy, the success and the challenges: Our experience in a semi-urban tertiary health-care facility, Southwest, Nigeria

Managing sickle cell disease in pregnancy, the success and the challenges: Our experience in a semi-urban tertiary health-care facility, Southwest, Nigeria

Background: Pregnancy complicated by sickle cell disease (SCD) is known to be associated with poor maternal and fetal outcomes. However, the challenges encountered in managing these patients in the rural and semi-urban areas are yet to be evaluated by many of these studies. Objectives: The objective...

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Main Author: Awolola Olalekan Olugbenga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Subjects:
Antenatal blood transfusion; postpartum blood transfusion; pregestational counseling and care; sickle cell disease in pregnancy; social class; vaso-occlusive crises.
Online Access:http://www.tjogonline.com/article.asp?issn=0189-5117;year=2018;volume=35;issue=3;spage=342;epage=347;aulast=Olugbenga

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