The strategy used to screen for depression in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) is an important consideration for health care providers, as a new study suggests that nurse-administered and self-administered screening techniques can show different results. The results from the study, conducted by a team from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, were presented during the 65th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition. SCD, which is an inherited blood disorder, affects around 100,000 people in the United States. It was important to conduct the research on depression ...
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Discover the most recent news and cutting-edge clinical research on sickle cell disease (SCD). Cancer Nursing Today provides the most current perspectives and clinical findings on gene therapy, treatment of anemia and hemolysis in SCD, predictive factors for quality of life in pediatric patients, and more. From advances in diagnostics to evidence-based interventions, learn more about the latest progress in SCD treatment.
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People with SCD are at a “high risk of hospitalization and mortality from COVID-19."
RBC survival data may “inform hemoglobin composition thresholds required to reverse the phenotype after gene therapy."
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