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* Postsplenectomy patients should also be given 1mg of folic acid daily for preventing secondary folic acid deficiency and oral penicillin (penicillin V) for preventing secondary infection until reaching adulthood. | * Postsplenectomy patients should also be given 1mg of folic acid daily for preventing secondary folic acid deficiency and oral penicillin (penicillin V) for preventing secondary infection until reaching adulthood. | ||
* In general, once the diagnosis and baseline severity of HS in a child are established, it is not necessary to perform repeated blood tests unless there is an additional clinical indication (such as intercurrent infection and pallor, or an increase in jaundice).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.034587 |title=Hereditary spherocytosis; new guidelines | Archives of Disease in Childhood |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
* In general, once the diagnosis and baseline severity of HS in a child are established, it is not necessary to perform repeated blood tests unless there is an additional clinical indication (such as intercurrent infection and pallor, or an increase in jaundice). | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Secondary Prevention
- The administration of vaccines (pneumococcal, haemophilus influenzae type b, meningococcal group C and influenza) is indicated 2 to 3 weeks before splenectomy.[1]
- Postsplenectomy patients should also be given 1mg of folic acid daily for preventing secondary folic acid deficiency and oral penicillin (penicillin V) for preventing secondary infection until reaching adulthood.
- In general, once the diagnosis and baseline severity of HS in a child are established, it is not necessary to perform repeated blood tests unless there is an additional clinical indication (such as intercurrent infection and pallor, or an increase in jaundice).[2]
References
- ↑ Sayeeda Huq, Mark A. C. Pietroni, Hafizur Rahman & Mohammad Tariqul Alam (2010). "Hereditary spherocytosis". Journal of health, population, and nutrition. 28 (1): 107–109. PMID 20214092. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hereditary spherocytosis; new guidelines | Archives of Disease in Childhood".