Dilemma in approach to stroke in sickle cell disease patient: A case report.

Lina A OkarHadeel Ali AlzoubiSafa Shukur MahmudAhmed ElyasMohamed A Yassin

Published in: Medicine (2022)

Recommendations need to be put in place regarding screening for PFO in patients with SCD, in addition to highlighting issues of whether screening needs to be done in patients who have not developed stroke, and if PFO were to be found, what would be the best management approach and how will prognosis be affected.

Keyphrases

sickle cell disease
end stage renal disease
atrial fibrillation
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
case report
clinical practice
blood brain barrier
patient reported