Commonly used agent for acute pain management of sickle cell anemia in Saudi Emergency Department: A narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common hematologic inherited disorders in Saudi Arabia. Vaso-occlusive pain crisis in SCD is a major cause for emergency visits and patients' pain may be undertreated. This study presents a narrative literature review of current agents used to manage acute pain crisis in SCD patients presenting to the emergency department in hospitals of Saudi Arabia.

Method

We conducted a narrative review on relevant published articles about sickle cell disease pain crisis management in Saudi Arabia and included seven relevant studies based on our inclusion criteria.

Results

Using our search strategy, we included 7 studies Out of 4052. Studies included were conducted in different locations in the country. Four studies were in

SUBMITTER: Hejazi RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8233527 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature