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- Jack L Bartram, Swee L Thein, Kate Gardner, Yaya Egberongbe, Pam D'Silva, Susan E Height, Moira C Dick, Sandra O'Driscoll, and David C Rees.
- Department of Paediatric Haematology, King's College London School of Medicine, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK. jack.bartram@nhs.net
- Br. J. Haematol. 2010 Sep 1;150(5):614-7.
AbstractWe retrospectively audited children with sickle cell disease (SCD) admitted to paediatric intensive care (PICU) at King's College Hospital between January 2000 and December 2008. Forty-six children with SCD were admitted, on 49 separate occasions. Ages ranged from 4 months to 15 years (median 7.6 years). Three children died in PICU, however two presented to hospital in cardiorespiratory arrest; overall mortality was 6%. The most common reason for admission was acute chest syndrome (43%). 88% of admissions required blood transfusion, of which 74% had exchange blood transfusions. The mortality among children with SCD admitted to PICU is low.
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