Orientation

Medical Orientation Resources

Please review the content below to review the treatment of acute sickle cell problems

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Watch the following streaming videos (you will need the free Real player installed on your computer):

1. Sickle Cell Pain Management Update 2003 - This is a 57 minute presentation by James Eckman, MD, Medical Director of the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System Click Here: Play

2. Pain Management in The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Part 1 Click Here: Play

3. Pain Management in The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Part 2 Click Here: Play

4. Patient Education in The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Click Here: Play

5. A Mutation Story - Malaria and Sickle Cell Disease on PBS at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/2/l_012_02.html

6. "Sickle Cell Anemia…Battling Pain" a one hour video about pain management.

Click on the following link to watch video:

http://realaudio.service.emory.edu/ramgen/SOM/PA/PLATT/SICKLE/hcsickle03.rm

Sickle Cell Movie from the NIH Curriculum Suppliment, Human Genetic Variation, Copyright 1999 by the BSCS and videodiscovery, Inc. Video Courtesy of NIH, BSCS and Videodiscovery. See the genetics, sickle cell blood flow and complications. Click Here: Play

Key articles and guidelines to review These are a portion of the online resources avaialble at Introduction Pathophysiology and Principles of Treatment Emergency Room, Ambulance, and Triage Guidelines Research Summary Article-2003 Sickle Cell Center pain management article (PDF) Specific Problems In ER Management Abdominal Pain Anemia - Aplastic and Hyperhemolytic Crisis- Aplastic Crisis Back Pain Bone Pain Chest Pain and Chest Syndrome Cough	Fever and Infections Headaches Multi-organ System Failure Neurologic Symptoms and Stroke Overdose Pain Episodes Pain Management Pregnancy Priapism Proteinuria and Renal Insufficiency Sequestration Splenic and Hepatic Sickle Cell Trait Substance Abuse and Addiction All other Resources
	New Webcast - 30th Anniversary of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and National Sickle Cell Disease Program View the Opening Plenary Session of the Fall 2002, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) Convention in Washington, DC., co-sponsored by the NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Available at http://www.urbanhealthcast.com/
Sickle Cell Disease: A Personal Perspective J. Hoxi Jones-Carranza This is an excellent patient perspective all should see.	Click to view
Special Sickle Cell Webcast: Education Forum Latest Options in Therapy For Sickle Cell Disease: Advantages and Limitations-- Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Hydroxyurea Therapy, Stem Cell Transplantation, Blood Transfusion as Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease, and a Panel Discussion. Streaming Video using Real player at http://www.UrbanHealthCast.com/sicklecelloptions/index.html

Medical Orientation Resources

Send mail to aplatt@emory.edu with questions or comments about this web site. Copyright © 1997 Sickle Cell Information Center Last modified: December 22, 2003

Send mail to aplatt@emory.edu with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 1997 Sickle Cell Information Center
Last modified: December 22, 2003