Sickle cell anemia: iron availability and nocturnal oximetry.

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that low iron availability, measured as transferrin saturation, is associated with low nocturnal hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) in children with homozygous sickle cell anemia (SCA; hemoglobin SS). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of Tanzanian children with SCA who were not receiving regular blood transfusions. Thirty-two children (16 boys) with SCA (mean age 8.0, range 3.6-15.3 years) underwent motion-resistant nocturnal oximetry (Masimo...

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Authors: Cox, SE; L'Esperance, V; Makani, J; Soka, D; Prentice, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 541-545
• Publication date: 2012-10-01
• DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2152
• EISSN: 1550-9397
• ISSN: 1550-9389
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Male; Female; Polysomnography; Anemia, Sickle Cell; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Child, Preschool; Oximetry; Transferrin; Humans; Iron; Hemoglobins; Oxygen