Penicillin V prophylaxis uptake among children living with sickle cell disease in a specialist sickle cell clinic in Ghana: A cross-sectional study.

Samuel Frimpong OdoomSam K NewtonEmmanuel K NakuaKennedy G BoahenSamuel B NguahDaniel AnsongIsaac NyanorEvans X AmuzuErnest AmanorFrancis A OseiAliyu MohammedNicholas K MensahCharles Martyn-DickensAlex Osei-AkotoVivian Paintsil

Published in: Health science reports (2022)

This study reports a relatively low adherence rate of penicillin V prophylaxis among children living with SCD. Educating and counseling both SCD patients and/or caregivers on the need to be adherent to penicillin V prophylaxis could prevent complications that may arise from nonadherence.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
young adults
palliative care
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
risk factors
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
emergency department
adverse drug
hepatitis c virus