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Sickle Cell Disease and the Eye 

Ocular Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease

 - Hyphema is Dangerous
Sickle Cell Disease ... of Sickle Cell Disease ... is Dangerous in SCD ... sickling - SCD ... #SickleCell #Disease
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Nephropathy
 • Cortical Manifestations
    - Main issue: Hemolysis-associated endothelial
Sickle Cell Disease ... (SCD) Nephropathy ... #SickleCell #Disease ... #SCD #Nephropathy
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
of Sickle Cell Disease ... with treatment of SCD ... #SickleCell #Disease
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... of patients w SCD ... Pain #SickleCell #Disease
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
SCD, thalassemias ... Causes: • Liver disease
Indications for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) to Prevent Sudden Cardiac
Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD ... Ischemic Heart Disease ... Cardiac Death (SCD ... ischemic heart disease
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... in Sx, but not disease ... meal • Crohn's Disease ... Carbohydrate Diet (SCD ... Diet derived from SCD
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Congenital heart disease ... Congenital heart diseases ... acquired heart disease ... history of premature SCD ... Structural heart disease
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
• Increase in SCr ... • Increase in SCr ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... Acute Kidney Diseases ... months No Kidney Disease
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
anemia, Chronic disease ... , Hemoglobin SC ... SD disease, S-beta ... , Hemoglobin SC ... disease Red Cell