Sickle Cell Disease Consensus Statement

PART I: Disease-Modifying Therapy
1. HYDROXYUREA
2. TRANSFUSION

PART II: Preventing and Managing Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
1. PAIN
2. ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME
3. FEVER
4. STROKE AND NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS
5. EYE COMPLICATIONS
6. PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE
7. CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS
8. SPLENIC SEQUESTRATION
9. RENAL COMPLICATIONS
10. PRIAPISM
11. BONE COMPLICATIONS
12. SKIN ULCERS
13. GROWTH AND ENDOCRINE COMPLICATIONS
14. IRON OVERLOAD

PART III: Comprehensive Care
1. PERI-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
2. CONTRACEPTION, PRE-CONCEPTION COUNSELING AND PREGNANCY
3. NEWBORN SCREENING
4. IMMUNIZATIONS AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLAXIS
5. NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT
6. HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
7. TRANSITION OF CARE IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS
8. COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTRES: CREATING A CANADIAN NETWORK