Efficacy and Safety of Manual Partial Red Cell Exchange in the Management of Severe Complications of Sickle Cell Disease in a Developing Country

Table 1

Indications and clinical evolution of patients after RCE.

Indications	Number of patients ()	Number of RCE per patient	Total number of RCE ()	Regression of symptoms		Mean delay before regression (day)
				Complete (%)	Partial (%)
Recurrent priapism	12	5	60	56,7	43,3	1
Acute priapism	6	2	12	0	0	NA
PVOC	8	5	40	100	0	2,4
Leg ulcer	6	5	30	0	100	21
Stroke	10	2	20	30	70	3,2
Severe ACS	2	2	4	100	0	1,7

Clinical evaluation after one RCE; the other episodes had occurred several months later.
Clinical evaluation conducted monthly during 5 months.
Clinical evaluation conducted after 2 consecutive RCE performed the day of admission.