TY - JOUR
T1 - The management of pain in sickle cell disease
AU - Yaster, M.
AU - Kost-Byerly, S.
AU - Maxwell, L. G.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The pain of vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease is excruciating, incapacitating, and sometimes refractory to even the most advanced analgesic treatments. A comprehensive, multimodal approach to therapy that includes education, cognitive therapies, anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, and psychostimulant adjuvant drugs has been presented. Until a cure for the underlying disease is found, these are the best approaches available. The authors hope that future research will find even better modalities of analgesic care.
AB - The pain of vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease is excruciating, incapacitating, and sometimes refractory to even the most advanced analgesic treatments. A comprehensive, multimodal approach to therapy that includes education, cognitive therapies, anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, and psychostimulant adjuvant drugs has been presented. Until a cure for the underlying disease is found, these are the best approaches available. The authors hope that future research will find even better modalities of analgesic care.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70233-9
DO - 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70233-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 10835998
AN - SCOPUS:0034119517
SN - 0031-3955
VL - 47
SP - 699
EP - 710
JO - Pediatric Clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -