ASH SCD Guidelines: Stem Cell Transplantation
In 2016, ASH initiated an effort to develop clinical practice guidelines on Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). These guidelines are part of a series of five guidelines ASH is developing on SCD to provide updated treatment guidelines that reflect the newest evidence about the disease, ensuring the medical community can better treat SCD and people with SCD can make the best decisions for their care.
Learn more about the development process behind the SCD guidelines.
Access the full guidelines on the Blood Advances website:
Guideline Implementation Tools and Resources
ASH guidelines are reviewed annually by expert work groups convened by ASH. Resources derived from guidelines that require updating are removed from the ASH website.
SCD Guidelines: What You Should Know
This one-page snapshot provides a high-level summary of the guidelines on transplantation for people with sickle cell disease.
ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines App
The ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines App provides easy access to every recommendation from all guidelines published by ASH, including rationale for each recommendation, benefits and harms associated with each recommended course of action, and links to the complete evidence-to-decision tables used to develop the recommendations. This app is also available .
Pocket Guides
ASH has developed a series of brief, evidence-based pocket guides to help physicians provide quality care to patients. The pocket guides are available via the ASH Pocket Guides App for IOS and Android devices. This app is also available .
Teaching Slides
Help your colleagues diagnose, manage, and treat SCD with teaching slides designed for easy dissemination.
- Stem Cell Transplantation
Powerpoint | PDF
Podcasts
Listen to the podcasts below to learn more about ASH's clinical guidelines
SCD Considering Transplantation decision aid
In partnership with the Mayo Clinic Shared Decision Making National Resource Center, ASH has developed a to support clinicians and patients with SCD in considering transplantation as a treatment option.