Chronic pain persists in adults with sickle cell disease despite regular red cell transfusions

Pain affects over 50% of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), and this pain is largely managed outside of the hospital. While chronic transfusion therapy is used to decrease the rate of acute pain events in patients with SCD, less is known about its impact on the day-to-day experience of pain. To address this knowledge gap, we provided pain diaries to patients with SCD receiving chronic transfusion.

Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - July 8, 2019 Category: Hematology Authors: Matthew S. Karafin, Danielle E. Mullins, Susan T. Johnson, Debora Nischik, Mingen Feng, Pippa Simpson, Joshua J. Field Source Type: research