2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 7, 2015
Ibrutinib as Initial Therapy for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL) is a ...
Tag: sickle cell anemia
2 Minute Medicine Rewind November 23 – November 30, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Association ...
Patient Basics: Sickle Cell Anemia
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder. It causes: Chronic destruction of ...
Updated guidelines for management of sickle cell disease released
1. Strong recommendations based on high-quality evidence are made supporting the referral of children with abnormal transcranial Doppler velocity to ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 18 – August 25, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Multidrug-Resistant ...
Transfusion therapy linked with reduced neurovascular disease in sickle cell anemia
1. In children with sickle cell anemia and silent infarcts, the incidence of recurrent infarcts was significantly lower in the ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 30 – July 7, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Effect of ...
Stem cell transplant may be effective in sickle cell disease
1. 83% of sickle cell patients receiving a nonmyeloablative, hematopoetic stem cell transplant demonstrated full donor-type hemoglobin one-year post transplantation. ...
Prophylactic penicillin and reduced septicemia in sickle cell patients [Pediatrics Classics Series]
Image: PD 1. This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial demonstrated an 84% reduction in the incidence of pneumococcal septicemia among patients ...
