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Clinical Research

PLATELET TO NEUTROPHIL RATIO AS A NOVEL MARKER FOR MONITORING SCD PATIENTS ON HYDROXYUREA

Sunday, June 9, 2024
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET
Location: Grand Ballroom C
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    Presenting Author(s)

  • CE

    Chilota Chibuife Efobi, MBBS, FMCPath (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor and Consultant Haematologist
    Nnamdi Azikiwe University
    Department of Haematology, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus
    Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria

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    • Co-Author(s)

  • CN

    Chisom A. Nri-Ezedi, MBBS

    Senior Lecturer and Consultant Pediatrcian
    Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra, Nigeria

  • RH

    Regine Hyppolite, MSA

    Clinical Research Program Manager
    Children's National Hospital
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Deepika S. Darbari, MD (she/her/hers)

    Professor of Pediatrics
    Children's National Hospital
    George Washington University School of Medicine
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • AC

    Andrew D. Campbell, MD (he/him/his)

    Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
    Children’s National Hospital, George Washington University
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure(s):
Chilota Chibuife Efobi, MBBS, FMCPath: No financial relationships to disclose
Andrew D. Campbell, MD: GBT / Pfizer: Research Grant (Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

  • to establish if PNR can be a reliable tool for monitoring SCD patients on hydroxyurea.
  • To compare the hematological parameters of pateints on hydroxyurea and those who are not
  • To compare the PNR of HBSS patients on hdroxyurea with that of other patients with different SCD variants