Hematology Briefings™: The Evolving Management Landscape for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Agents for Therapy

This activity, Hematology Briefings™: The Evolving Management Landscape for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Agents for Therapy, developed in Physicians’ Education Resource, LLC, (PER®) established Hematology Briefings™ legacy format, is an online interactive monograph that provides treatment strategies for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). This presentation features a national thought leader, Laura DeCastro, MD, who provides key insights.
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify patients with SCD and vaso-occlusive (VOC) symptoms earlier to initiate prompt intervention and preventive therapy
Recognize the acute and chronic complications associated with VOC phenomena in SCD
Distinguish current and emerging treatments for management of SCD and VOC crises and best practices for their use in patients’ management
Better utilize shared-decision making as a regular part of patients’ management of SCD, including discussion of therapy options and choices