Abstract

PURPOSE: In sickle cell disease (SCD), sleep-related hypoxemia is associated with frequent pain crises, CNS events, and impaired intellectual function, and may contribute to pulmonary hypertension and priapism. We evaluated sleep-associated hypoxemia in adult SCD patients with and without pain crisis.

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