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Sickle cell crisis

Prevalence
Clinical features
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Therapy

Give oxygen if hypoxic. a  

Note:

  • Patients with painful crises who are not hypoxic do not clearly require oxygen d

 

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