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ArticleClinical case reports2021

Clinical presentations and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in sickle cell disease patients: Case series from Komfo Anokye teaching hospital, Ghana.

Yasmine O Hardy, Divine A Y Amenuke, Yakubu Abukari, Alexander Oti-Acheampong, Kojo Hutton-Mensah, James Amoah-Dankwah, Samuel Amoabeng Kontoh, Kwabena Asimeng Danso, Patrick Opoku Berchie, Caleb Otu-Ansah

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. A case of hyperhemolysis syndrome in sickle cell disease and concomitant COVID-19.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yasmine O HardyDepartment of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/School of Medical Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9273-564X
Divine A Y AmenukeDepartment of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/School of Medical Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi Ghana.
Yakubu AbukariDepartment of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
Alexander Oti-AcheampongDepartment of Dentistry Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
Kojo Hutton-MensahDepartment of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
James Amoah-DankwahDepartment of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/School of Medical Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi Ghana.
Samuel Amoabeng KontohDepartment of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/College of Health Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi Ghana.
Kwabena Asimeng DansoDepartment of Emergency Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
Patrick Opoku BerchieDepartment of Medicine Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.
Caleb Otu-AnsahDepartment of Psychiatry Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with sickle cell disease and COVID-19 may not have a more dire outcome than the general population. Nevertheless, they may present with acute chest syndrome and other sickle cell crises which should be aggressively managed.

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acute chest syndromeCOVID–19GhanaSARS CoV‐2sickle cell disease

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PMID33598289
PMCPMC7869395

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