Paediatric Protocols/Guidelines

Acute Guidelines

• Acute abdominal pain in children with Sickle Cell disease
• Acute Anaemia
• Acute Chest Syndrome
• Chronic Transfusion in Thalassaemia
• Monitoring and management of endocrine complications in children with transfusion dependent thalassemia (TDT)
• Endocrine complications in children with Thalassaemia
• Exchange Transfusion
• Hydroxycarbamide in Sickle Cell disease
• Inpatient Specialist Management of acutely unwell children with haemoglobinopathies
• Iron overload and chelation therapy
• Management of Hyperhaemolysis in patients with Sickle Cell disease
• Management of Priapism in Sickle Cell disease
• Painful Sickle Cell crisis (management)
• Physiotherapy guideline for the acute management of paediatric & adult patients with Sickle Cell disease
• Stem Cell Transplant
• Stroke and other CNS manifestations
• Surgery and Anaesthesia
• Transcranial Doppler (TCD) screening for Sickle Cell disease
• Diagnosis and Management of Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia (NTDT) phenotypes
• Vaccination

Guidelines due for review are being considered by the SPAH Guideline subgroups.  Information contained within these guidelines has been approved to remain in the website.