COVID‐19 pneumonia in a pediatric sickle cell patient requiring red blood cell exchange

Abstract

Abstract Patients with sickle cell disease are already at high risk for respiratory complications, which SARS‐CoV‐2 can rapidly worsen. The case emphasizes the importance of efficiently maximizing standard therapies in sickle cell patients with COVID‐19.

Keywords

• hematology
• infectious diseases
• pediatrics and adolescent medicine