title: Caring for surgical patients with sickle cell disease.
abstract: This article aims to enlighten nurses working on surgical wards and in the operating theatre to give appropriate and quality nursing care to patients with sickle cell disease. The author considers patients who experience a vaso-occlusive crisis.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bassett
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000451:nursing; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care