Opioid Utilization in Adults Hospitalized with Sickle Cell Pain Crises: An Understudied Population

Conclusions: All patients with SCD hospitalized with VOC were admitted with significant pain and treated with opioids. Pain decreased during the hospitalization, but did not fully resolve by discharge. Treatment combinations of short- and long-acting opioids and neuropathic pain medication suggest complex acute-on-chronic SCD pain with mixed pain types among this cohort of patients with high-severity SCD. Opioids are an integral component of treatment regimens for patients suffering from debilitating acute-on-chronic pain, such as those with SCD.DisclosuresParsons: Seattle Genetics: Research Funding.
Source: Blood - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: 903. Outcomes Research-Non-Malignant Hematology Source Type: research