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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Internal Medicine • Hematology • Sickle Cell • Pediatric Hematology • Benign Hematology • Cardiology
What precautions do you take prior to CABG in a patient with sickle cell trait?
Please comment on temperature recommendations and role of exchange transfusion.
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Surgery and anesthesia are safe in sickle cell trait (HbAS) when normal precautions are followed. In patients with HbAS and control subjects, the frequency of anesthetic, surgical, and postoperative complications was similar; however, most patients were young, and few thoracic procedures were includ...
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