Challenges in the management of sickle cell disease during pregnancy in Senegal, West Africa.

Blaise Félix FayeKouassi Berenger KouameMoussa SeckAbdou Aziz DioufMacoura GadjiNata DiengSokhna Aissatou TouréAbibatou SallAwa Oumar ToureSaliou Diop

Published in: Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2017)

Pregnancy in SCD was associated with a high maternal morbidity and stillbirth. Nulliparity, high leucokocytes or platelet count were identified as risk factors of fetal loss.

Keyphrases

sickle cell disease
risk factors
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth
peripheral blood
pregnant women
birth weight