An audit of pain management in acute sickle cell crisis.
People undergoing sickle cell crisis can experience extreme pain that is not always managed effectively. This article describes an audit of pain management in sickle cell disease that was used to generate practice guidelines. A subsequent audit of pain management for this client group demonstrated improvements in the quality of care delivered.
Day
J
J
St Helier NHS Trust, Carshalton, Surrey.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors