Acute Painful Episodes Vaso-occlusive Crisis: Guidelines for Management in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
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Category:
Pain Treatment - Non-pharmacologic, Pain Treatment - Pharmacologic.
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Age Range:
Age 0-12m (Infant), Age 01y-11y (Child), Age 12y-18y (Adolescent), Age 18y+ (Young Adult).
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Tags:
Emergency Room, Opioid, Sickle cell, Vaso-occlusive.
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Type of Document:
Medication Guideline, Treatment Guideline.
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Type of Pain:
Acute, Disease related pain, Other.
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Author:
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, CA
This clinical practice guideline has been developed for the management of sickle cell patients who present to the emergency department and/or inpatient units with an acute painful episode of vaso-occlusive crisis.