Associate Professor Gentry Wilkerson, MD, was featured in an article, “Analgesia for sickle cell vaso-occlusive crises often delayed due to improper ED triage,” in the November issue of HemOnc Today, published by Helio.
The article reviews a 2025 study, “Use of Emergency Severity Index 2 Reduces Time to First Analgesia in Sickle Cell Disease Vaso-occlusive Crisis,” published in Blood Advances, in which Dr. Wilkerson and Associate Professor Benoit Stryckman, MA, among others, performed a retrospective analysis of 66 visits by 41 sickle cell patients admitted to the Emergency Department for pain management.
The potential impacts of the study are profound: according to the study, by giving nurses and hospital staff high-quality, consistent training and resources to properly triage sickle cell patients, patients can receive the timely treatment they need in times of crisis.
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