Developing an emergency department order set to treat acute pain in sickle cell disease.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have many emergency department visits because of painful vaso-occlusive episodes (VOE). Guidelines recommend treatment within 30 minutes of triage, but this is rarely achieved in clinical practice. Our goal was to develop an order set that is being implemented in the ED to facilitate and standardize emergency care for SCD patients in acute pain from VOEs presenting to the emergency department (ED) in New York City (NYC).

Methods

Using a RAND/University of California, Los Angeles modified Delphi panel, we convened a multidisciplinary panel and reviewed evidence on how to best manage SCD pain in the ED. Panelists collaboratively developed then rated 202 items that could be included in an ED order set.

Results

A con

SUBMITTER: Duroseau Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8349222 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature