title: Sickle cell disease in the perioperative setting.
abstract: This article explores Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait. These are hereditary conditions that affect thousands of people in the UK and abroad. The disease tends to occur in people of Afro-Caribbean or Mediterranean descent. The specific Pre-, Peri- and postoperative care of affected patients is examined.
authors.affiliation: Main Theatres, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
authors.forename: Philippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D019990:Perioperative Care
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen