Sickle Cell Disease: Comprehensive Screening and Management in Newborns and Infants

This Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians contains highlights from the Clinical Practice Guideline for Sickle Cell Disease: Screening, Diagnoses, Management, and Counseling in Newborns and Infants. An algorithm shows the sequence of events related to sickle cell screening, diagnosis, medical management, and counseling in newborns and infants. Clinicians should refer to the complete guideline for more detailed analysis and discussion of the available research, critical evaluation of the assumptions and knowledge of the field, health care decision making, and references.