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HEMATOLOGY-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Volume -, Issue -, Pages 416-417Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/asheducation-2010.1.416
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [U54 HL090516] Funding Source: Medline
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An 18-year-old African-American male with sickle cell disease (SCD) is admitted to the hospital with a vaso-occlusive pain crisis affecting his chest and right upper extremity. He has a history of asthma but does not have a fever or respiratory symptoms, and a chest X-ray is negative for an infiltrate. He is treated with intravenous fluids and morphine. You are asked about the potential efficacy of systemic corticosteroids as an adjunctive treatment for pain control.
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