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Exchange transfusion in life-threatening sickling crises
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
|October 1, 1982
Five patients are reported with sickle cell syndromes (HbSS, HbSC and HbSthal) in whom rapid exchange transfusion led to resolution of life-threatening infarctive crises. The technique appears to be of value in the management of severe complications of sickle cell syndromes.
Five patients are reported with sickle cell syndromes (HbSS, HbSC and HbSthal) in whom rapid exchange transfusion led to resolution of life-threatening infarctive crises. The technique appears to be of value in the management of severe complications of sickle cell syndromes.