Renal disease with elements of the nephrotic syndrome associated with sickle cell anemia

Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in sickle cell anemia: A case report

“…The fear of precipitating sickle crisis has, in the past, created a general reluctance on the part of the surgeons to perform valvotomy in sickle cell patients. The risk of crises can be reduced, however, if the precipitating factors, i.e., dehydration [19][20], hypotension, hypoxia [21-231, acidosis [24], hypothermia [25-261, and infection [27-281 are avoided. It has therefore been recommended that patients undergoing surgical procedures should be hydrated with crystaloids at a rate of 3L/m2/24 hr [29], given supplemental oxygen to maintain arterial oxygen saturation above 6.0 KPa.…”