Letters
Sickle cell disease
Beware of transfusions and hyperhaemolysis
BMJ 2008; 337 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a1874 (Published 01 October 2008) Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1874- Amit Patel, NIHR academic clinical fellow in haematology1
- 1Department of Haematology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN
- amit.patel{at}imperial.ac.uk
de Montalembert touches on important aspects of managing sickle cell disease, including the use of red blood cell transfusion as acute or regular top-ups and red cell exchanges.1
Hyperhaemolysis is a life threatening complication of red cell transfusions seen in 4% of paediatric and 1% of adult patients with sickle …