Factors associated with early return visits to the emergency department in patients with vaso-occlusive crisis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

One of the most common presentations of sickle cell disease (SCD) in the emergency department (ED) is acute severe pain episodes due to a vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). Management of these episodes is primarily through intravenous pain control, but patients often return to the ED with the same complaint a few days after discharge. While some global studies have explored the risk factors for ED revisits due to VOC, the literature is lacking in the adult population, specifically in Saudi Arabia where SCD prevalence is high. The goal of this study is to measure the incidence of ED 72-hour early revisit (ERV) among SCD patients due to a VOC episode and to identify factors that might be associated with an ERV in this population. We conducted a retrospective cohort study

SUBMITTER: Alageel MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872308 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature