Guidance

Sickle cell disease in children: standards for clinical care

This document sets out standards and guidelines for clinical care of children with sickle cell disease.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 October 2010

This publication was withdrawn on 13 February 2020

This guidance is no longer in use. For current guidance see Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme: standards.

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Sickle cell disease in childhood: standards and guidelines for clinical care

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Details

This publication explains the clinical care standards for children with sickle cell disease.

The document includes information about:

• sickle cell disease in childhood
• identification of the condition
• outpatient care
• the transition to adult care
• ongoing issues and chronic complaints
• treatment options
• routine surgery and care
• psychological management
• management of complications

Published 1 October 2010