February 22, 2022
Sickle Cell Disease and Kidney Transplant Disparity
In a study conducted at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, data were collected from 1998 to 2017 on two cohorts of patients with kidney failure. The first cohort, a dialysis cohort, included 1,970 patients with sickle cell disease and approximately 2 million patients with other conditions. The second cohort, the “transplant waitlist cohort,” consisted...
Pain Crises and Lack of Access to Infusion Centers
A prospective observational study showed that adults with sickle cell disease who had experienced an uncomplicated vaso-occlusive crisis had better outcomes when treated at specialty infusion centers than emergency departments (EDs). Patients treated at infusion centers received pain medication faster than patients treated at EDs (62 vs. 132 minutes). Additionally, patients treated at infusion centers...