A 3-Year-Old Child with Sickle Cell Disease Is Admitted to the Hospital

question 16

Multiple Choice

A 3-year-old child with sickle cell disease is admitted to the hospital in sickle cell crisis with severe abdominal pain.The nurse recognizes that the type of crisis the child is most likely experiencing is:

• A) aplastic.
• B) hyperhemolytic.
• C) vaso-occlusive.
• D) splenic sequestration.