In a study performed in the United States where the goal was to access the need of transfusion per hospitalization in children under 18 years with SCD from 1997 and 2009, it was possible to verify an increasing trend in blood transfusions amongst hospitalized children, with 26.6% requiring a red blood cell transfusion in 2009 compared to 14.2% in 1997.
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Acute Complications of Sickle Cell Disease in Children Under 5 Years at a Level II Hospital.
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