David Brousseau, MD: Benefits of timely opioid dosing for SCD pain

Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) experiencing acute pain episodes may avoid hospitalization when opioids are administered promptly in the emergency department (ED), according to a recent multisite study published in JAMA Pediatrics and discussed further by study author David Brousseau, MD, MS, pediatrician-in-chief and director of Research at Nemours Children’s Health.^1,2