While caring for a child with sickle cell disease, the child develops a low-flow priapism. As a pediatric nurse, what method would you suggest to treat this condition?

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Oral pseudoephedrine is a sympathomimetic agent that can help alleviate low-flow priapism by causing vasoconstriction, which helps to decrease the blood flow to the penis and resolve the priapism. It is a less invasive first-line treatment compared to surgical options.

While Caring for a Child with Sickle Cell Disease, the Child