title: Effectiveness of a dedicated day hospital for management of acute sickle cell pain.
abstract: Severe acute pain is common in sickle cell disease (SCD). Increasingly overburdened emergency departments are not the most appropriate setting in which to manage pain that requires close monitoring and careful opioid dose titration.1 We report on the benefit of treating acute pain in SCD in a day hospital (DH).
authors.forename: Adeboye H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Adewoye
authors.forename: Vikki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Qianli
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Martin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D018710:Pain Clinics
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid