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Association between baseline fetal hemoglobin levels and incidence of severe vaso-occlusive pain episodes in children with sickle cell anemia.


ABSTRACT: The ameliorating effect of high fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels on the incidence of pain episodes in sickle cell anemia (SCA) is well-known; however, in children this relationship is less clearly established. We hypothesized that higher HbF levels in children with SCA are associated with fewer severe pain episodes. A meta-analysis of data from the Silent Infarct Transfusion Trial (n?=?456) and the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease (n?=?764), demonstrated that baseline HbF levels were associated with the incidence of severe pain, commonly defined across studies as an event requiring hospitalization (P-value?=?0.02).

SUBMITTER: Bhatnagar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4387562 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association between baseline fetal hemoglobin levels and incidence of severe vaso-occlusive pain episodes in children with sickle cell anemia.

Bhatnagar Pallav P   Keefer Jeffrey R JR   Casella James F JF   Barron-Casella Emily A EA   Bean Christopher J CJ   Hooper Craig W CW   Payne Amanda B AB   Arking Dan E DE   Debaun Michael R MR  

Pediatric blood & cancer 20130515 10


The ameliorating effect of high fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels on the incidence of pain episodes in sickle cell anemia (SCA) is well-known; however, in children this relationship is less clearly established. We hypothesized that higher HbF levels in children with SCA are associated with fewer severe pain episodes. A meta-analysis of data from the Silent Infarct Transfusion Trial (n = 456) and the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease (n = 764), demonstrated that baseline HbF levels were associ  ...[more]

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