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Sang Hwa Himchak

ORCID: 0000-0003-3390-2687
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Research Areas
  • Blood groups and transfusion
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

AtlantiCare
 2023

Regional Medical Center
 2023

 A retrospective study for association between post‐transfusion hemoglobin S level and pre‐transfusion hemoglobin S level at the next scheduled transfusion
OPENALEX - Publications 
Ding Wen Wu Jessica Jacobson Mark S. Lifshitz LI Yan-hua Chen Lyu and 8 more Rachel Friedmann Ronald Walsh Evan Himchak K. Mohandas Sadiqa Karim Etan Marks Sang Hwa Himchak Timothy P. Hilbert

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) frequently undergo prophylactic red blood (RBC) exchange transfusion and simple (RCE/T) to prevent complications of disease, such as stroke. These treatment procedures are performed a target hemoglobin S (HbS) ≤30%, or goal maintaining an HbS level <30% immediately prior the next transfusion. However, there is lack evidence-based instructions for how perform RCE/T in way that will result value between treatments.To determine whether targets...

10.1002/jca.22056 article EN Journal of Clinical Apheresis 2023-05-17
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