A Fresh Breath of Oxygen: Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion in Sickle Cell and COVID‐19

Abstract

Abstract Red blood cell exchange transfusion may be beneficial and should be considered in the early management of patients with sickle cell disease and COVID‐19 to prevent the need for intubation and intensive care unit admission due to respiratory distress.

Keywords

• acute chest syndrome
• COVID‐19
• hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin
• red blood cell exchange transfusion
• sickle cell disease