InhaltsangabeOverview of Sickle Cell Disease.- Laboratory Tests Used in Diagnosis and Monitoring of Sickle Cell Disease.- Organization of Care for Sickle Cell Disease.- Overview and general principles.- Pain in Sickle Cell Disease.- Respiratory and Cardiac Complications in Sickle Cell Disease.- Neurological Complications of Sickle Cell Disease.- Renal and Urological Complications in Sickle Cell Disease.- Bone and Joint Complications in Sickle Cell Disease.- Ophthalmological complications in Sickle Cell Disease.- The Spleen in Sickle Cell Disease.- Infection and Infection Prophylaxis in Sickle Cell Disease.- Gastroenterological Complications in Sickle Cell Disease.- Anemia and Sickle Cell Disease.- Leg Ulceration in Sickle Cell Disease.- Management of Pregnancy in Sickle Cell Disease.- Surgical Management of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease.- Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Modalities.- Out-Patient Management of Sickle Cell Disease Patients.

Jo Howard is Consultant haematologist at the Department of Haematology, Guys & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London