Outcome of holistic care in Nigerian patients with sickle cell anaemia

Summary Holistic care of patients with sickle cell anaemia (HbSS) was carried out in a dedicated support group and clinic in Lagos. This paper examines the outcome of this initiative using mortality, hospital admission and blood transfusion rates from inception in April 1988 to December 1995. Patien...

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Published in:	Clinical and laboratory haematology Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 195 - 199
Main Authors:	AKINYANJU, O. O., OTAIGBE, A. I., IBIDAPO, M. O. O.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01-06-2005
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Anemia, Sickle Cell - mortality Anemia, Sickle Cell - prevention & control Anemia, Sickle Cell - therapy Blood Transfusion - statistics & numerical data Blood transfusion rates Child Child, Preschool Follow-Up Studies Holistic Health holistic treatment Humans Infant Middle Aged morbidity and mortality rates Nigeria - epidemiology Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Patient Care - methods sickle cell anaemia sickle cell disease sickle cell disorder Transfusion Reaction
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