Management of pain due to sickle cell disease

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2008;22(1):51-4. doi: 10.1080/15360280801989435.

Abstract

Assessment of pain in sickle cell disease is briefly described and a case of a 32-year-old Nigerian woman who had sickle cell pain is presented. The management and outcomes of her care in the UK are described and commentaries are presented on this case of sickle cell pain by specialists from Spain and The Netherlands.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / drug therapy*
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / physiopathology
  • Black People
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Narcotics / administration & dosage
  • Narcotics / therapeutic use*
  • Pain / drug therapy*
  • Pain / physiopathology
  • Palliative Care*
  • Vascular Diseases / blood
  • Vascular Diseases / physiopathology

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Narcotics