Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography to Prevent Cerebrovascular Accident in Children with Sickle-Cell Disease

Carpentieri-Pipolo, Giuliana and de Lima Oliveira, Marcelo and Paschoal Junior, Fernando Mendes and Bor-Seng-Shu, Edson (2019) Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography to Prevent Cerebrovascular Accident in Children with Sickle-Cell Disease. Neuroscience and Medicine, 10 (02). pp. 162-173. ISSN 2158-2912

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Abstract

Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is the most common cause of ischemic stroke in children and it happens in about 11% of patients between the age of 2 and 20 years old. About 7% of the world population is affected by hemoglobin disorders, mostly sickle cell anemia. SCD has a high prevalence in the population of African offspring and it is a public health problem in Brazil that affects more than 30,000 million people. Prevention of primary stroke might be feasible with a way to identify children at greatest risk. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography (TCD) to SCD patients can be a valuable service that results in a significant decrease of first stroke rates. In this work, we present a review about TCD as an effective strategy to detect children with SCD who are at risk for stroke.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: East India Archive > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2023 10:33
Last Modified: 11 Jul 2024 10:06
URI: http://ebooks.keeplibrary.com/id/eprint/64

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