Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects approximately 90,000 Americans [
[1]
]. These individuals are perennially at risk for complications of SCD with intermittent,
painful vasoocclusive events (VOE) being the most common acute morbidity [
[2]
]. A third of children with SCD will experience a VOE in their first year of life,
and most will have experienced a VOE by 4 years of age [
[3]
]. Accordingly, acute pain management is the most common reason for children with SCD
to seek care in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) [
[4]
].Keywords
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: November 07, 2017
Accepted:
November 7,
2017
Received in revised form:
November 7,
2017
Received:
October 12,
2017
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