2021
Assessing Patient Preferences for Treatment Options for Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: A Critical Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies
Katoch D, Krishnamurti L. Assessing Patient Preferences for Treatment Options for Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: A Critical Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies. Patient Preference And Adherence 2021, 15: 2221-2229. PMID: 34629865, PMCID: PMC8493010, DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s264918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseasePatient preferencesTreatment preferencesCell diseasePediatric sickle cell diseaseHematopoietic cell transplantPatients' treatment preferencesBurden of careQuality of lifeQualitative studyStandard gamble studyCurative intentRed blood cellsSupportive careSubstantial morbidityCell transplantImpaired qualityTreatment optionsIntravascular hemolysisPatient utilitiesPremature mortalityCaregiver perspectivesTreatment alternativesBlood cellsUtility studiesHematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease
Krishnamurti L. Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2021, 8: 551170. PMID: 33469520, PMCID: PMC7813811, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.551170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematopoietic cell transplantationSickle cell diseaseAutologous hematopoietic progenitor cellsCell transplantationHematopoietic progenitor cellsDisease manifestationsCell diseaseRelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantationDonor hematopoietic cell transplantationEarly phase clinical trialsHaploidentical related donorsIntent of cureProgenitor cellsIschemic tissue damageLong-term ameliorationHaploidentical donorsEndothelial dysfunctionHLA-identicalLate complicationsRed blood cellsUnrelated HLAOrgan dysfunctionRelated donorsUnrelated donorsSCD patients
2018
Pain catastrophizing is associated with poorer health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease
Bakshi N, Lukombo I, Belfer I, Krishnamurti L. Pain catastrophizing is associated with poorer health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease. Journal Of Pain Research 2018, 11: 947-953. PMID: 29773954, PMCID: PMC5947835, DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s151198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseasePoor health-related qualityHealth-related qualityHealth care utilizationPoor HRQOLPain intensityCare utilizationCell diseaseDepressive symptomsPrior health care utilizationPsychological factorsPain-related outcomesRace-matched controlsCross-sectional studyQuality of lifePaucity of dataSCD outcomesPain burdenPediatric patientsRed blood cellsPain interferenceMultisystem involvementPain phenotypingHRQoLPsychological covariates