Vaso-Occlusive Episodes in Older Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Emergency Department Management and Pain Assessment

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-285

  Frei Jones, Melissa J ^a   Baxter, Amy L ^a   Rogers, Zora R ^a,b   Buchanan, George R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 38149037752     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.06.040     Document Type: Article

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