No evidence for routine oxygen therapy in painful sickle cell crisis
Date First Published:
August 16, 2011
Last Updated:
August 16, 2011
Report by:
Adam Herbstritt, Emergency Registrar (Christchurch hospital, New Zealand)
Three-Part Question:
In a [non-hypoxic patient with painful sickle crisis] does [supplemental oxygen] reduce [severity or duration of symptoms?]