Researchers conducted a retrospective study at a quaternary care hospital with 60,000 annual emergency department visits, examining patients at least 22 years with SCD vaso-occlusive crisis between ...

Patients in sickle cell crisis can wait in agony for hours if inappropriately triaged by an ER Those inappropriately placed in a less severe pain category waited nearly three times as long for their ...

Most individuals living with sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency department with a pain crisis, known as vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), were not triaged appropriately according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with sickle cell disease who have vaso-occlusive crises often get delayed treatment in ED due to ...

Those inappropriately placed in a less severe pain category waited nearly three times as long for their first pain meds Some patients left after nearly six hours without treatment, and none got timely ...