The role of red blood cell exchange in sickle cell disease in patient with COVID‐19 infection and pulmonary infiltrates

Lina Okar; Maya Aldeeb; Mohamed A. Yassin

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3526

Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2021)

The role of red blood cell exchange in sickle cell disease in patient with COVID‐19 infection and pulmonary infiltrates

Lina Okar,
Maya Aldeeb,
Mohamed A. Yassin

Affiliations

Lina Okar: Department of Medical Education Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Maya Aldeeb: Department of Medical Education Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Mohamed A. Yassin: Department of Medical Oncology, Hematology Section National Center for Cancer Care & ResearchHamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3526
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 337 – 344

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Abstract Due to the overlap between ACS and COVID‐19 pneumonia, we recommend close monitoring for those patients and offering them RBC exchange early in the course of the disease to avoid clinical deterioration.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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