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Sickle Cell Disease - Allison King, MD, MPH and John DiPersio, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

I. History	II. Physical Exam	III. Laboratory Data	IV. Differential Diagnosis
V. Pathophysiology	VI. Prognosis/Clinical Course	VII. Teaching Points	VIII. Bibliography

I. HISTORY

Patient Presentation

A four-year-old male with Hemoglobin SS is admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain and fever. Two days ago, he was treated in the emergency room for abdominal pain with Oxycodone. Despite taking the pain medication every four hours, the pain has persisted.

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