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Anaesthesia

Title:		Open heart surgery in a patient with homozygous sickle cell disease
Author(s):		Riethmuller, R. Grundy, E. M. Radley-Smith, R.
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Year:		1982 Mar
Journal Title:		Anaesthesia
Page Number:		324-7
Language:		eng
Volume:		37
Issue:		3
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-2409 (Print). 0003-2409 (Linking)
Abstract:		A child in heart failure with homozygous sickle cell disease underwent corrective surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass. The use of early intra-operative exchange transfusion produced a rapid fall in the level of HbS. Postoperatively she developed falciparum malaria which responded to treatment. She was eventually discharged home to Nigeria 8 weeks after her operation.