PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Grace Onimoe AU - Seth Rotz TI - Sickle cell disease: A primary care update AID - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.18051 DP - 2020 Jan 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 19--27 VI - 87 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/1/19.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/87/1/19.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2020 Jan 01; 87 AB - 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.