Management of sickle cell disease in pregnancy. A British Society for Haematology Guideline

Affiliations

¹ Department of Women's Health, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
² Department of Women's Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
³ Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, Romford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁵ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁶ Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
⁷ Department of Haematology, Sandwell and West, Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁸ Department of Haematology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁹ Department of Haematology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Practice Guideline

Eugene Oteng-Ntim et al. Br J Haematol. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;194(6):980-995.

doi: 10.1111/bjh.17671. Epub 2021 Aug 19.

¹ Department of Women's Health, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
² Department of Women's Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
³ Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, Romford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁵ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁶ Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
⁷ Department of Haematology, Sandwell and West, Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁸ Department of Haematology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁹ Department of Haematology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: antenatal; intrapartum; preconceptual; pregnancy; sickle cell anaemia; sickle cell disease.

Comment in

Standardizing care of those at great risk: the importance of sickle cell in pregnancy practice guidelines.
Stratton P. Stratton P. Br J Haematol. 2021 Sep;194(6):950-953. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17667. Epub 2021 Aug 19. Br J Haematol. 2021. PMID: 34409588 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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