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- Title
Risk factors for high cerebral blood flow velocity and death in Kenyan children with Sickle Cell Anaemia: role of haemoglobin oxygen saturation and febrile illness.
- Authors
Makani, Julie; Kirkham, Fenella J; Komba, Albert; Ajala-Agbo, Tolulope; Otieno, Godfrey; Fegan, Gregory; Williams, Thomas N; Marsh, Kevin; Newton, Charles R
- Abstract
High cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFv) and low haemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) predict neurological complications in sickle cell anaemia (SCA) but any association is unclear. In a cross-sectional study of 105 Kenyan children, mean CBFv was 120 +/- 34.9 cm/s; 3 had conditional CBFv (170-199 cm/s) but none had abnormal CBFv (>200 cm/s). After adjustment for age and haematocrit, CBFv > or =150 cm/s was predicted by SpO(2) < or = 95% and history of fever. Four years later, 10 children were lost to follow-up, none had suffered neurological events and 11/95 (12%) had died, predicted by history of fever but not low SpO(2). Natural history of SCA in Africa may be different from North America and Europe.
- Publication
British journal of haematology, 2009, Vol 145, Issue 4, p529
- ISSN
1365-2141
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07660.x