Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2021)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3719
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 1018 – 1023

Abstract

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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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