Hospital admissions for acute painful crisis in Trinidad and Tobago. Are the British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH) guidelines applicable?

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 299-302

  Charles, K S ^a,b   Osagie, K ^a   Battini, R K ^a  

^a Port of Spain General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b National Blood Transfusion Service   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Acute painful crisis; Tobago; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; INDOMETACIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PAINFUL CRISIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEPERIDINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33749007393     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: 13652257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2006.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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