Preventive measures of vaso-occlusive crisis among sickle cell disease patients in South-Eastern Nigeria: How much do our patients know?

Preventive measures of vaso-occlusive crisis among sickle cell disease patients in South-Eastern Nigeria: How much do our patients know?

Background: Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is a feature of sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited medical condition which is more common in Sub-Saharan Africa especially Nigeria and is saddled with multi-systemic complications. Knowledge and practice of preventive measures of VOC by patients may reduc...

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Main Authors: Chilota Chibuife Efobi, Angela Ogechukwu Ugwu, Ngozi Immaculata Ugwu, Helen Chioma Okoye, Chihurumnanya Alo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
painful crisis
preventive measures
sickle cell anaemia
south-east nigeria
vaso-occlusive crisis
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2022;volume=31;issue=2;spage=197;epage=201;aulast=Efobi

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