title: Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Admissions Associated with Priapism among Males with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States, 2006-2010.
abstract: People with sickle cell disease (SCD) suffer from numerous acute complications that can result in multiple hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) and outpatient care visits. Priapism, a prolonged unwanted erection of the penis not due to sexual stimulation, is a serious complication among males with SCD. Variations in estimates of prevalence make it difficult to accurately assess the burden of this complication of SCD. We analyzed data from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), a product of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, for the years 2006 through 2010 to measure the numbers of ED visits and to examine patterns of subsequent hospitalizations associated with priapism among male patients with SCD. We find that among ED visits associated with males with SCD, those prompted by priapism are more likely to result in hospitalization than are those associated with pain.
authors.affiliation: Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America.
authors.forename: Brandi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dupervil
authors.affiliation: Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grosse
authors.affiliation: The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.affiliation: Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D011317:Priapism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult