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Paediatric Protocols/Guidelines

Acute Guidelines

  • Acute abdominal pain in children with Sickle Cell disease
  • Acute Anaemia
  • Acute Chest Syndrome
  • Chronic transfusion in Sickle Cell disease
  • 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

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.

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