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Treatment of pain in adults with sickle cell disease
Author(s) -
Ballas Samir K.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.2830340111
Subject(s) - disease , medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
The treatment of an adult patient with sickle cell disease whose clinical course is characterized by frequent painful crises creates a number of logistic problems in a tertiary care city hospital. Because such patients usually have no objective signs of painful crises, they are often considered to be malingerers and drug abusers. This paper reviews this controversial issue and presents one attempt at its resolution.