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Association between Vaso-occlusive Crises and Opioid Prescriptions among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Retrospective Claims-based Study

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Among sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) are recurrent and unpredictable attacks of acute pain. These pain crises are often treated with analgesics, including opioids, which have been associated with misuse and overdose. The aim of this study was...

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Autores principales: Kang, Hyeun Ah, Barner, Jamie C., Richards, Kristin M., Bhor, Menaka, Paulose, Jincy, Kutlar, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia Data Analytics, LLC 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7343345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32685602
http://dx.doi.org/10.36469/jheor.2020.13348