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Clinical Profiles of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia Presenting With Acute Clinical Events: A Single-Center Study

Background: Sickle cell disease is a common genetic disorder characterised by chronic haemolytic anaemia and vaso-occlusive crisis. Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) has both short-term effects in the form of acute clinical events and long-term repercussions seen with chronic multiorgan involvement. It is a...

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Autores principales: Singh, Anwesha, Bokade, Chandrakant, Tirpude, Bhagyashree, Suryawanshi, Milind M, Rohadkar, Lakshmikant A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37378258
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39008
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author Singh, Anwesha
Bokade, Chandrakant
Tirpude, Bhagyashree
Suryawanshi, Milind M
Rohadkar, Lakshmikant A
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Bokade, Chandrakant
Tirpude, Bhagyashree
Suryawanshi, Milind M
Rohadkar, Lakshmikant A
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description Background: Sickle cell disease is a common genetic disorder characterised by chronic haemolytic anaemia and vaso-occlusive crisis. Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) has both short-term effects in the form of acute clinical events and long-term repercussions seen with chronic multiorgan involvement. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In India, the disease is largely undocumented. Thus, there is an urgent need to highlight the features of the disease so that locally appropriate models of care may be implemented. Objective: This study aims to evaluate acute clinical events in SCA and to provide data that may help to reduce the rate of morbidity and mortality associated with this disease by early interventions. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted between November 2020 and May 2022 at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, Central India. The inclusion criteria included previously diagnosed patients of SCA (homozygous sickle cell disease) on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) between the age groups of six months and 12 years, presenting with acute clinical events. The exclusion criteria included patients younger than six months and older than 12 years of age, and all patients with other haemoglobinopathies and sickle cell trait. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee. All the data was entered into a well-designed Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet (v 2019, Microsoft, Washington, USA). All the clinical, biochemical, and haematological data were tabulated and analysed. Results: A total of 100 children with sickle cell disease diagnosed by HPLC were enrolled during the study period. About 215 acute clinical events among the 100 cases were recorded, for which they were admitted to the paediatric ward or PICU. The majority (35%, n=35) were seen in the age group of six to nine years (school-going age). About 52% were male and 48% were female (male-to-female ratio= 1.08:1). Pain was the most common symptom. The highest incidence of 36.75% (n=79) was seen with acute painful crises and was the most common indication of hospitalisation, followed by acute febrile illness (AFI) (34.42%, n=74), aplastic crisis (10.23%, n=22), splenic sequestration crisis (9.77%, n=21), hepatobiliary involvement (3.72%, n=8), acute chest syndrome and haemolytic crisis (each 1.86%, n=4), and stroke (1.40%, n=3). In cases of having foetal haemoglobin (HbF) ≥20%, the incidence of acute painful crisis (p=0.0001), hand-foot syndrome (p=0.047), aplastic crisis (p=0.033), splenic sequestration crisis (p=0.039), and AFI (p=0.035) was low as compared to cases having HbF ≤20% which was statistically significant. The incidence of acute painful crisis, hand-foot syndrome, and an aplastic crisis was significantly low in patients receiving hydroxyurea therapy as compared to patients who were not on hydroxyurea. Out of 100 cases, four died during the study period, three died because of splenic sequestration crisis with septic shock, and one died due to hepatic encephalopathy due to haemolytic crisis with septic shock. Conclusion: Acute clinical events in sickle cell disease can have significant morbidity and mortality in the paediatric age group. The nutritional status of sickle cell disease children must be given due importance. Early initiation of hydroxyurea must be encouraged to maintain higher HbF levels, which plays a significant role in reducing morbidity.
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spelling pubmed-102922202023-06-27 Clinical Profiles of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia Presenting With Acute Clinical Events: A Single-Center Study Singh, Anwesha Bokade, Chandrakant Tirpude, Bhagyashree Suryawanshi, Milind M Rohadkar, Lakshmikant A Cureus Pediatrics Background: Sickle cell disease is a common genetic disorder characterised by chronic haemolytic anaemia and vaso-occlusive crisis. Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) has both short-term effects in the form of acute clinical events and long-term repercussions seen with chronic multiorgan involvement. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In India, the disease is largely undocumented. Thus, there is an urgent need to highlight the features of the disease so that locally appropriate models of care may be implemented. Objective: This study aims to evaluate acute clinical events in SCA and to provide data that may help to reduce the rate of morbidity and mortality associated with this disease by early interventions. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted between November 2020 and May 2022 at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, Central India. The inclusion criteria included previously diagnosed patients of SCA (homozygous sickle cell disease) on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) between the age groups of six months and 12 years, presenting with acute clinical events. The exclusion criteria included patients younger than six months and older than 12 years of age, and all patients with other haemoglobinopathies and sickle cell trait. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee. All the data was entered into a well-designed Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet (v 2019, Microsoft, Washington, USA). All the clinical, biochemical, and haematological data were tabulated and analysed. Results: A total of 100 children with sickle cell disease diagnosed by HPLC were enrolled during the study period. About 215 acute clinical events among the 100 cases were recorded, for which they were admitted to the paediatric ward or PICU. The majority (35%, n=35) were seen in the age group of six to nine years (school-going age). About 52% were male and 48% were female (male-to-female ratio= 1.08:1). Pain was the most common symptom. The highest incidence of 36.75% (n=79) was seen with acute painful crises and was the most common indication of hospitalisation, followed by acute febrile illness (AFI) (34.42%, n=74), aplastic crisis (10.23%, n=22), splenic sequestration crisis (9.77%, n=21), hepatobiliary involvement (3.72%, n=8), acute chest syndrome and haemolytic crisis (each 1.86%, n=4), and stroke (1.40%, n=3). In cases of having foetal haemoglobin (HbF) ≥20%, the incidence of acute painful crisis (p=0.0001), hand-foot syndrome (p=0.047), aplastic crisis (p=0.033), splenic sequestration crisis (p=0.039), and AFI (p=0.035) was low as compared to cases having HbF ≤20% which was statistically significant. The incidence of acute painful crisis, hand-foot syndrome, and an aplastic crisis was significantly low in patients receiving hydroxyurea therapy as compared to patients who were not on hydroxyurea. Out of 100 cases, four died during the study period, three died because of splenic sequestration crisis with septic shock, and one died due to hepatic encephalopathy due to haemolytic crisis with septic shock. Conclusion: Acute clinical events in sickle cell disease can have significant morbidity and mortality in the paediatric age group. The nutritional status of sickle cell disease children must be given due importance. Early initiation of hydroxyurea must be encouraged to maintain higher HbF levels, which plays a significant role in reducing morbidity. Cureus 2023-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10292220/ /pubmed/37378258 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39008 Text en Copyright © 2023, Singh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Tirpude, Bhagyashree
Suryawanshi, Milind M
Rohadkar, Lakshmikant A
Clinical Profiles of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia Presenting With Acute Clinical Events: A Single-Center Study
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title_full Clinical Profiles of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia Presenting With Acute Clinical Events: A Single-Center Study
title_fullStr Clinical Profiles of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia Presenting With Acute Clinical Events: A Single-Center Study
title_full_unstemmed Clinical Profiles of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia Presenting With Acute Clinical Events: A Single-Center Study
title_short Clinical Profiles of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia Presenting With Acute Clinical Events: A Single-Center Study
title_sort clinical profiles of children with sickle cell anaemia presenting with acute clinical events: a single-center study
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37378258
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39008
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