Add to ORKGSickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and impaired quality of life. Vaso-occlusive pain crises are the hallmark of sickle cell disease and require frequent visits to the emergency room and admissions to the hospital. Even though national guidelines are available that address the ethical issues of pain management, patients with SCD often receive suboptimal pain control, especially during acute painful episodes. This project planned to determine some methods of improving patient care and satisfaction of pain management in hopes of being able to translate these methods to other health care systems.At the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) individualized pain plans, which include lists of each patien...
Background: Patients with sickle cell disease experience can experience acute episodes of severe pai...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a rare hereditary red cell disorder. One of the main clinical manifesta...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a rare hereditary red cell disorder. One of the main clinical manifesta...
OBJECTIVES: Pain is the most common reason for admission to the Emergency Department (ED) in patient...
OBJECTIVES: Pain is the most common reason for admission to the Emergency Department (ED) in patient...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and impaired quality o...
This quality improvement project addressed the gaps in sickle cell pain management at a suburban tea...
This quality improvement project addressed the gaps in sickle cell pain management at a suburban tea...
ObjectiveTo determine whether a quality improvement (QI) initiative would result in more timely asse...
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited diseases associated with life...
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited diseases associated with life...
Sickle cell disease, “the most common blood disorder,” affects more than 100,000 people in the Unite...
BACKGROUND: Painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is the most common reason for hospitalization in chi...
BACKGROUND: Painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is the most common reason for hospitalization in chi...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a long-term condition that would benefit from a long-term conditions ap...
Background: Patients with sickle cell disease experience can experience acute episodes of severe pai...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a rare hereditary red cell disorder. One of the main clinical manifesta...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a rare hereditary red cell disorder. One of the main clinical manifesta...
OBJECTIVES: Pain is the most common reason for admission to the Emergency Department (ED) in patient...
OBJECTIVES: Pain is the most common reason for admission to the Emergency Department (ED) in patient...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and impaired quality o...
This quality improvement project addressed the gaps in sickle cell pain management at a suburban tea...
This quality improvement project addressed the gaps in sickle cell pain management at a suburban tea...
ObjectiveTo determine whether a quality improvement (QI) initiative would result in more timely asse...
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited diseases associated with life...
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited diseases associated with life...
Sickle cell disease, “the most common blood disorder,” affects more than 100,000 people in the Unite...
BACKGROUND: Painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is the most common reason for hospitalization in chi...
BACKGROUND: Painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is the most common reason for hospitalization in chi...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a long-term condition that would benefit from a long-term conditions ap...
Background: Patients with sickle cell disease experience can experience acute episodes of severe pai...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a rare hereditary red cell disorder. One of the main clinical manifesta...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a rare hereditary red cell disorder. One of the main clinical manifesta...