Transfusional Approach in Multi-Ethnic Sickle Cell Patients: Real-World Practice Data From a Multicenter Survey in Italy

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a worldwide distributed hereditary red cell disorder characterized by recurrent acute vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs and anemia). Gold standard treatments are hydroxycarbamide (HC) and/or different red blood cell (RBC) transfusion regimens to limit disease progression. Here...

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Main Authors: Giovanna Graziadei, Lucia De Franceschi, Laura Sainati, Donatella Venturelli, Nicoletta Masera, Piero Bonomo, Aurora Vassanelli, Maddalena Casale, Gianluca Lodi, Vincenzo Voi, Paolo Rigano, Valeria Maria Pinto, Alessandra Quota, Lucia D. Notarangelo, Giovanna Russo, Massimo Allò, Rosamaria Rosso, Domenico D'Ascola, Elena Facchini, Silvia Macchi, Francesco Arcioni, Federico Bonetti, Enza Rossi, Antonella Sau, Saveria Campisi, Gloria Colarusso, Fiorina Giona, Roberto Lisi, Paola Giordano, Gianluca Boscarol, Aldo Filosa, Sarah Marktel, Paola Maroni, Mauro Murgia, Raffaella Origa, Filomena Longo, Marta Bortolotti, Raffaella Colombatti, Rosario Di Maggio, Raffaella Mariani, Alberto Piperno, Paola Corti, Carmelo Fidone, Giovanni Palazzi, Luca Badalamenti, Barbara Gianesin, Frédéric B. Piel, Gian Luca Forni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.832154/full