Sickle-cell disease secondary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shyam Patel [2]

Secondary prevention strategies following sickle-cell disease focus on avoidance of sickle cell crisis or vaso-occlusive episodes; these include avoidance of dehydration, cold temperatures, or low oxygenation.

Secondary prevention strategies following sickle-cell disease focus on avoidance of sickle cell crisis or vaso-occlusive episodes; these include avoidance of dehydration, cold temperatures, or low oxygenation.