TY - JOUR T1 - Pregnancy in women with sickle cell disease is associated with risk of maternal and perinatal mortality and severe morbidity JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2016-102450 SP - ebnurs-2016-102450 AU - Eugene Oteng-Ntim Y1 - 2017/03/03 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/03/eb-2016-102450.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Boafor TK, Olayemi E, Galadanci N, et al. Pregnancy outcomes in women with sickle-cell disease in low and high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BJOG 2016;123:691–8.OpenUrlPregnancy in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with the risk of maternal and perinatal mortality and severe morbidity.Findings provide important estimates on associated mortality and morbidity for policymakers, clinicians and researchers to work together to improve on these adverse outcomes.There is a need for multidisciplinary care in order to manage the multisystem nature of complications associated with SCD in pregnancy.Sickle cell disease (SCD) is among the most common genetic conditions globally.1 SCD has a significant worldwide public … ER -