painful crisis

The Use of Analgesic Drugs in Patients with Sickle Cell Painful Crisis

Issue:

Vol 63, Issue 5: Sep (2014)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2012.272

Pages:

479–83

Synopsis:

Painful crisis in patients with sickle cell anaemia is associated with severe pain in 75% and most will require second line therapy for adequate resolution. Physicians need to provide adequate pain relief to decrease morbidity in these patients.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the drug options used for pain in patients with acute sickle cell painful crisis at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Jamaica.

Method: This retrospective study assessed all patients admitted to the UHWI between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2010 with acute sickle cell anaemia painful crisis and the data obtained regarding site, severity, outcome and drug options selected for pain.

Received:

08 Oct, 2012

Revised:

24 Feb, 2013

Accepted:

12 Mar, 2013

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