Comparison of Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Versus Bolus Narcotic Therapy for the Treatment of Vaso-Occlusive Crisis (VOC)

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Conditions

• Sickle Cell Disease
• Vaso-occlusive Crisis

Interventions

• PROCEDURE: Patient controlled analgesia
• DRUG: nurse-administered intermittent IV bolus opioid therapy (NAIBOD)

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University