Circadian Pattern Found in Sickle Cell Pain Crises.

1999 NOV 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is a circadian pattern in sickle cell pain crises, and it differs between the genders.

A. del Mundo, of the University of Illinois, and associates reviewed all patients with sickle cell who presented to the emergency department. They hypothesized that there would be a rhythm to the pain crises.

Their findings, which supported the hypothesis, were presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, held October 11-12, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The title of their study is "Circadian Variation in the Presentation of Sickle Cell Pain Crisis."

Sex, age, and time of presentation were recorded for …