Frequency of painful episodes in sickle-cell disease is considered to be related to clinical severity and possibly to other aspects of the disease. Measurements of frequency often include only hospital-related or more severe, longer-lasting episodes. Since painful episodes, however, may regularly oc
Pain Assessment in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
โ Scribed by Julie Stollger Jones; Steven A. Hobbs; Tara L. Brennan; Jennifer Maxwell Schmidt
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9583
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