Opioid-induced Sickle Cell Crisis with Multiple, Life-threatening Complications.

Opioid-induced Sickle Cell Crisis with Multiple, Life-threatening Complications. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2020 Aug 27;: Authors: Haggerty AG, Koons A, Beauchamp G, Cook MD, Cannon RD, Katz KD Abstract The risk of opioid use disorder among patients with sickle cell disease who are treated with chronic opioids remains unclear, but the complications associated with opioid use and overdose can be accentuated in those with sickle cell disease. In this case report, we describe a 13-year-old girl with sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency department after a morphine overdose causing renal infarction, acute kidney injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. PMID: 32857136 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association - Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: J Am Osteopath Assoc Source Type: research