title: Acute vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease.
authors.affiliation: Megan B. Lentz is an emergency nurse at the Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, Salisbury, N.C. Donald D. Kautz is an associate professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
authors.forename: Megan B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lentz
authors.forename: Donald D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Kautz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D059408:Pain Management / Q000451:nursing*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*