Research recommendation(s) from an individual piece of guidance
- Guidance:
- Sickle cell disease: managing acute painful episodes in hospital
- Date issued:
Research recommendations coming out of this guidance
- Pain management for patients with an acute painful sickle cell episode:- For patients with an acute painful sickle cell episode, what are the effects of different opioid formulations, adjunct pain therapies and routes of administration on pain relief and acute sickle cell complications?
- Use of low-molecular-weight heparin to treat patients with an acute painful sickle cell episode:- Are therapeutic doses of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) effective, compared with prophylactic doses of LMWH, in reducing the length of stay in hospital of patients with an acute painful sickle cell episode?
- Non-pharmacological interventions for patients with an acute painful sickle cell episode:- For patients with an acute painful sickle cell episode, are non-pharmacological interventions, such as massage, effective in improving their recovery from the episode?
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Cost effectiveness of daycare units for treating patients with an acute painful sickle cell episode:- Are daycare units cost effective compared with emergency settings for treating patients with an
acute painful sickle cell episode?