Clinical practice guideline improves the treatment of sickle cell disease vasoocclusive pain

Pain is the most common complication of sickle cell disease requiring emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalization. A Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) to manage acute sickle cell pain offers clinicians a standardized approach for the provision of evidence‐based, cost‐effective care. After CPG implementation, monitoring of pre‐established indicators is a strategy to evaluate progress toward meeting the goal of providing rapid, effective pain relief for patients with acute sickle cell pain.