Files
Publication Date
3-2025
Disclaimer
These guidelines do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use their judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the patient based on the circumstances existing at the time. It is impossible to anticipate all possible situations that may exist and to prepare guidelines for each. Accordingly, these guidelines should guide care with the understanding that departures from them may be required at times.
Objective of the Clinical Pathway
To provide care standards for children, adolescents, or adults diagnosed with sickle cell disease experiencing signs or symptoms of a suspected stroke. The Sickle Cell Disease: Stroke Clinical Pathway guides the early identification and management when presenting to the emergency department or experiencing symptoms during an inpatient stay through hospital discharge.
Target Users
Physicians (Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Intensivists, Fellows, Residents); Nurse Practitioners; Nurses
Disciplines
Pediatrics
Recommended Citation
Children's Mercy Kansas City, "Sickle Cell Disease: Stroke" (2025). Clinical Pathways.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/clinical_pathways/26
Comments
Clinical Pathways (CPs) promote evidence based, safe, and high-value care for patients with common or high-risk clinical conditions when national or international guidelines are not available or applicable. CPs are informed by methodical review of scientific literature and the consensus of a multidisciplinary committee of subject matter experts and key stakeholders at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Processes within CPs may be specific to Children’s Mercy Kansas City and should be evaluated before applying to a different setting.
Clinical Pathways are updated on a revision schedule. Primary files will always be the most current update. Previous revisions are available upon request from Children’s Mercy Library Services.
Finalized August 2018; Revised June 2021; March 2025