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Which treatment works the best and fastest for a sickle cell crisis?
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Supportive care: It depends--sickle cell crisis can manifest as pain crisis, acute chest syndrome, stroke, priapism etc. But basically supportive care like- vigorous hydration, pain medication , adequate oxygenation, are needed. Exchange transfusion vs simple transfusion often times also has to be done depending on the level of hb.
Answered 5/18/2013
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