Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Anaemia

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Reviewed July 2009

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Title:   Blood transfusions for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood condition affecting over 250 million people worldwide and is particularly common in Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Central America, Saudi Arabia, India and a number of Mediterranean countries. It is characterised...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Vaccines for preventing invasive salmonella infections in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Salmonella organisms are probably second only to pneumococcus among bacterial causes of infection in people with sickle cell disease. Infection with these bacteria can lead to complications and reduce the quality of life of people with the disease and s...
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Erythropoietin or Darbepoetin for patients with cancer - meta-analysis based on individual patient data
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with cancer may develop a blood problem called anemia, due to the treatment or from the disease itself. They will have very low levels of healthy red blood cells, causing additional health problems. For years, doctors have tried to prevent or tre...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Blood transfusion for preventing stroke in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In sickle cell disease there are fewer red blood cells. This means less oxygen is carried to tissues and there are problems throughout the body. Sickled red blood cells can block blood vessels in the brain, leading to strokes. We aimed to compare long-t...
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Oral iron supplementation for preventing or treating anaemia among children in malaria-endemic areas
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children commonly develop anaemia (low haemoglobin) after birth. Anaemia is associated with several ill-effects, including hindering motor development and learning skills, and it may have an adverse effect on immunity. Babies and children are therefore ...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Antibiotics for treating osteomyelitis in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease affects millions of people throughout the world. Osteomyelitis, a bone infection, is one of the major complications. Antibiotics are given to treat it, but there is no worldwide standard treatment. We searched for randomised controll...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Treatment for avascular necrosis of bone in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many people with sickle cell disease experience bone death due to temporary or permanent loss of blood supply to parts of their bones. This can be very painful. The bones usually affected are the thigh bones at the hip joint and the arm bones at the sho...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents for anaemia in chronic heart failure patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chronic heart failure is a disorder in which the heart is unable to pump blood and deliver oxygen adequately throughout the body.  Patients with heart failure may also suffer from anaemia, a condition of reduced red blood cells and diminished ability of...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Erythropoietin as an adjuvant treatment with (chemo) radiation therapy for head and neck cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Severe anaemia in cancer patients is linked with decreased tumour oxygen supply (hypoxia), which is associated with more rapid tumour progression, poor response to therapy and consequently has a negative impact on prognosis. Erythropoietin (EPO), a horm...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for children with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder mainly characterized by the presence of deformed, sickle-shaped red blood cells in the blood stream. These cells deprive tissues of blood and oxygen resulting in periodic and recurrent painful attacks. Complicat...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Splenectomy versus conservative management for acute sequestration crises in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In some people with sickle cell disease, red blood cells become trapped and destroyed in the spleen. This damages the spleen, which may become enlarged leading to splenic sequestration crises. These crises consist of abdominal pain, rapid heart rate and...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Pre and peri-operative erythropoeitin for reducing allogeneic blood transfusions in colorectal cancer surgery.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with cancer of the large bowel are often anaemic and sometimes receive transfusions which may be harmful. The medication erythropoietin can be used to increase hemoglobin levels in a variety of situations and several studies have looked at this...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Antibiotics for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease affects millions of people throughout the world. Acute chest syndrome is a major cause of illness and death in people with sickle cell disease. Symptoms include fever, chest pain and a raised white blood cell count. Acute infection o...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with sickle cell disease (SCD) are especially prone to respiratory infections and blood poisoning. These infections are often caused by pneumococcal bacteria. Infections occur partly due to the spleen not working correctly, but also because damag...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Inhaled nitric oxide for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder affecting approximately 250 million people worldwide. Sickle-shaped red blood cells which are characteristic of sickle cell disease may block blood vessels causing pain, tissue death and even severe dam...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Piracetam for reducing the incidence of painful sickle cell disease crises
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic disorders and affects about 250 million people (5% of the world's population). It is characterised by sickle-shaped red blood cells which may block blood vessels. This can lead to pain and damage to ...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Iron supplementation for reducing morbidity and mortality in children with HIV
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anaemia is one of the most common haematologic problem found in children with HIV/AIDS, second only to depletion of CD4/helper T lymphocytes. Anaemia in HIV-infected children can be caused by direct effects of HIV, other prevalent infections and opport...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Pneumococcal vaccines for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with sickle cell disease are particularly prone to pneumococcal infection, which may be fatal. Children aged up to 23 months are at high risk, but usual polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines may not work in this age group. New conjugate pneumococc...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Treatments for priapism in boys and men with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Priapism (the prolonged painful erection of the penis) is common in males with sickle cell disease (SCD). The length of time priapism lasts differs for different types and so does the medical treatment for it. Self-management approaches may be helpful. ...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell diseases are inherited and affect mainly people of African origin. The red blood cells are abnormally (sickle) shaped, which can lead to life-threatening complications. They are most likely to be fatal in the first few years of life since af...
Date:   Aug 2008
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