Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Saudi Medical Journal
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Saudi Medical Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Follow psmmc on Twitter
  • Visit psmmc on Facebook
  • RSS
Research ArticleOriginal Article
Open Access

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate during steady state, painful crisis and infection in children with sickle cell disease

Yousef F. Ahmed, Fuad I. Abbag, Jobran M. Al-Qahtani, Bothanina M. Ghazali and Mostafa A. Abolfotouh
Saudi Medical Journal May 2000, 21 (5) 461-463;
Yousef F. Ahmed
Department of Child Health, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Khalid Unviersity, PO Box 641, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (7) 2264533. Fax +966 (7) 2247570.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Fuad I. Abbag
Department of Child Health, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Jobran M. Al-Qahtani
Department of Child Health, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Bothanina M. Ghazali
Female College of Health Sciences, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Mostafa A. Abolfotouh
Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in children with sickle cell disease.

METHODS: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate was performed in 95 children with sickle cell disease during the period from December 1992 to June 1999. Patients were classified into 4 groups. Patients in the steady state (group 1), painful crisis (group 2), mild infection (group 3) and moderate/severe infection (group 4). Comparison between the groups was performed using ANOVA and ANCOVA.

RESULTS: There were 55 males (58%) and 40 females (42%) with a mean age of 79.1 months. The mean Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate values for the various groups were as follows: Group 1 (n=10); mean Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate is 5 mm/hr (+/-4.6) and was significantly the lowest (p<0.05), group 2 (n=44); mean Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate is 25.8 mm/hr (+/-16.3), group 3 (n=18); mean Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate is 28.1 mm/hr (+/-25.8), while group 4 (n=23); mean Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate is 99.2 mm/hr (+/-33.5) and was significantly the highest (p<0.05). Two cut-off values for the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (>/- 30 mm/hr then >/- 50 mm/hr) were considered to evaluate their specificity and sensitivity for moderate/severe infection.

CONCLUSION: Although the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate is low in sickle cell disease, it does increase during painful crisis and infection and it is a useful indicator of moderate/severe infection.

  • Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Saudi Medical Journal: 21 (5)
Saudi Medical Journal
Vol. 21, Issue 5
1 May 2000
  • Table of Contents
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Saudi Medical Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate during steady state, painful crisis and infection in children with sickle cell disease
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Saudi Medical Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Saudi Medical Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate during steady state, painful crisis and infection in children with sickle cell disease
Yousef F. Ahmed, Fuad I. Abbag, Jobran M. Al-Qahtani, Bothanina M. Ghazali, Mostafa A. Abolfotouh
Saudi Medical Journal May 2000, 21 (5) 461-463;

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate during steady state, painful crisis and infection in children with sickle cell disease
Yousef F. Ahmed, Fuad I. Abbag, Jobran M. Al-Qahtani, Bothanina M. Ghazali, Mostafa A. Abolfotouh
Saudi Medical Journal May 2000, 21 (5) 461-463;
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Exploring hypothyroidism’s effects on lipid profiles
  • Assessment of asthma control levels in a tertiary hospital
  • The risk factors for cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Saudi Arabia
Show more Original Article

Similar Articles

CONTENT

  • home

JOURNAL

  • home

AUTHORS

  • home
Saudi Medical Journal

© 2025 Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention.  Saudi Medical Journal is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3175. Print ISSN 0379-5284.

Powered by HighWire