Approach to the vaso-occlusive crisis in adults with sickle cell disease

American Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Yale, Steven H ^a   Nagib, Nahed ^b   Guthrie, Troy ^c  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CHRONIC PAIN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG ULCER; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTISICKLING AGENTS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; OXYGEN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 0342514656     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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