Sickle Cell Anemia (Mechanism)
- Intrinsic Normocytic Hemolytic Anemia
- Point Mutation
- Autosomal Recessive
- African American
- Dehydration or Decreased O2
- Newborns Asymptomatic
- Heterozygote Malarial Resistance
Sickle Cell Anemia (Signs and Complications)
- Crew-cut on Skull X-ray
- Auto-splenectomy
- Painful Crisis
- Aplastic Crisis
- Splenic-sequestration Crisis
- Hyper-hemolytic Syndrome
- Renal Papillary Necrosis
- Salmonella osteomyelitis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Hyposthenuria
Sickle Cell Anemia (Management)
- Hydroxyurea
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Folate
- Exchange Transfusion
- Penicillin Prophylaxis