Lydia Pecker: Alloimmunization and Transfusion Indications in Sickle Cell Disease Pregnancy
Lydia Pecker, Associate Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article she and her colleagues co-authored, published in Transfusion, adding:
“Hot on the heels of The Guardian writing about blood as an essential medicine for sickle cell disease.
We studied alloimmunization rates and guideline-informed transfusion indications in a large sickle cell disease pregnancy cohort.”
Title: No difference in alloimmunization of pregnant adults with sickle cell disease exposed to chronic versus on-demand transfusions: A two-center retrospective cohort study
Authors: Clare Zarka, David Daniel, Vinal Menon, Sacha Choupa, Macy L. E. Gatti, Amy Luo, Kevin Kuo, A. Kinga Malinowski, Sophie Lanzkron, Nadine Shehata, Lydia H. Pecker
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