Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Risk factors for increased ED utilization in a multinational cohort of children with sickle cell disease.
The objective was to identify clinical, social, and environmental risk factors for increased emergency department (ED) use in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). ⋯ Asthma and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke are potentially modifiable risk factors for greater ED use in children with SCD. Low income is associated with greater ED use for SCD pain in countries with and without universal health care.