ABSTRACT
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common hemoglobinopathy in the United States and causes significant disease-related morbidity including multiorgan damage, chronic anemia, and debilitating pain crises. Primary care physicians play a key role in the medical home model of care for adults with SCD. This review focuses on current recommendations for health maintenance and provides a brief summary of disease complications and current updates.
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- Grace Onimoe, MD
- Seth Rotz, MD⇑
- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- ADDRESS:
Seth Rotz, MD, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, R3, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Outpatient Center, 8950 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; rotzs{at}ccf.org Grace Onimoe, MD, gonimoe{at}metrohealth.org
ABSTRACT
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common hemoglobinopathy in the United States and causes significant disease-related morbidity including multiorgan damage, chronic anemia, and debilitating pain crises. Primary care physicians play a key role in the medical home model of care for adults with SCD. This review focuses on current recommendations for health maintenance and provides a brief summary of disease complications and current updates.
- Copyright © 2020 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.