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Sickle cell crisis

Prevalence
Clinical features
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Clinical features

Ask patients with a painful crisis about   
  • where they have pain c

Note:

  • Most patients have 2 or 3 sites of pain - the commonest sites are the lumbar spine and femur c

 

Expiry date: May 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author    CM  Ball, RS Phillips
Reviewer   G   Serjeant
CAT Writer     CM  Ball, N  Shenker