- ►pnas.org G Lettre, VG Sankaran, MAC Bezerra, AS … - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 - National Acad Sciences Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a debilitating monogenic blood disorder with a
highly variable phenotype characterized by severe pain crises, acute clinical
events, and early mortality. Interindividual variation in fetal hemoglobin ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov A Rosenblum, LA Marsch, H Joseph, RK … - Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org Opioids have been regarded for millennia as among the most effective drugs for
the treatment of pain. Their use in the management of acute severe pain and
chronic pain related to advanced medical illness is considered the standard ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 7 versions
JM LaVista, DM Treise, LN Dunbar, J Ritho, … - Journal of the National Medical Association, 2009 - nmanet.org INTRODUCTION More than 80 000 Americans suffer from sickle ... Author
Affiliations: College of Journalism and Communications (Ms LaVista, Dr Treise),
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics (Dr Dunbar), ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 4 versions
AM Brandow, DC Brousseau, JA Panepinto - British Journal of Haematology, 2009 - interscience.wiley.com This study aimed to describe the outcomes of children with sickle cell disease
(SCD) after discharge from medical care for vaso-occlusive painful events and to
test the hypothesis that older age, longer length of hospital stay, and a ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►hematologylibrary.org L Benjamin - Hematology, 2008 - asheducationbook.hematologylibrary.org People with sickle cell disease (SCD) are living longer, but their lives are
impacted even more by the unpredictable intermittent or constant pain that is
often poorly managed over a lifetime. To address this problem, an ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 6 versions
C Macpherson - British Medical Journal, 2009 - jme.bmj.com Disabling pain or symptoms can occur at any age from many different causes. Pain
and palliative specialists are able to relieve most pain and symptoms, although
repeated adjustments to modalities, medications and doses may be needed. ... Related articles
MR Asnani, GE Lipps, ME Reid - Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2009 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Sickle cell disease is the commonest genetic disorder in Jamaica and most likely
exerts numerous effects on quality of life (QOL) of those afflicted with it. The
WHOQOL-Bref, which is a commonly utilized generic measure of quality of ... Related articles - All 8 versions
DK McClish, WR Smith, BA Dahman, JL … - Pain, 2009 - Elsevier Treatment options for sickle cell disease (SCD) pain could be tailored to pain
locations. But few epidemiologic descriptions of SCD pain location exist; these
are based on few subjects over short time periods. We examined whether SCD ... Related articles - All 14 versions
SD Candrilli, 2009 - etd.ohiolink.edu Page 1. MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND ASSOCIATED OUTCOMES IN MEDICAID ENROLLEES
WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE DISSERTATION Presented in Partial ... Related articles - View as HTML - All 4 versions
WR Smith, RL Bauserman, SK Ballas, WF … - Pain, 2009 - Elsevier No multi-site comparisons have tested whether seasonally cold temperature or
climate exacerbate pain intensity in sickle cell disease (SCD). We examined
seasonal SCD pain intensity and frequency patterns and compared them with ... Related articles - All 2 versions
