Abstract
The pain of vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease is excruciating, incapacitating, and sometimes refractory to even the most advanced analgesic treatments. A comprehensive, multimodal approach to therapy that includes education, cognitive therapies, anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, and psychostimulant adjuvant drugs has been presented. Until a cure for the underlying disease is found, these are the best approaches available. The authors hope that future research will find even better modalities of analgesic care.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 699-710 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Pediatric clinics of North America |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health