Sunday, January 14, 2018

Dr. Anderson's research poses insight for how geography impacts your health: What city had better sickle cell transition outcomes-Philadelphia or Atlanta?


Congratulations to Dr. Anderson publishing her research in the
     American Journal of Hematology

 
   Beyond the transition  of adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease to adult care: Role of geography
 
 
Some results for Dr. Anderson's and her           
                                                                                  colleagues Dr. Ballas & Dr. Eckman research
 
"Most important among these is that the rate of death in Atlanta was much lower than that in Philadelphia: 5.8% in Atlanta versus 22.2% in Philadelphia during the 10 years after transition. The major cause of death was iron overload due chronic organ damage. It is most likely
that these patients had chronic organ damage due to SCD that required frequent blood transfusions leading to iron overload."
 
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To read more about this paper, go to the
American Journal of Hematology

 

Received: 3 March 2017 | Accepted: 9 March 2017
 
     Beyond the transition of adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease to adult care: Role of geography.
 
All the best,
Dr. Nina
 
TOVA Healthcare
Sickle Cell Specialty Treatment Center
213 Greenhill Ave.
Wilmington, DE 19805
(302) 429-5870-phone

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