• Curr. Opin. Pediatr. · Aug 2012

    Review

    Managing procedural pain in pediatric patients.

    • Rachel E M Cramton and Nancy E Gruchala.
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA. rcramton@email.arizona.edu
    • Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 2012 Aug 1;24(4):530-8.

    Purpose Of ReviewTo review recent research on the management of acute procedural pain in pediatric patients.Recent FindingsPediatric patients experience pain with the same or greater intensity as their adult counterparts. Recent studies have acknowledged the importance of people's beliefs about pain and of a multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of acute pain.SummaryPediatric patients experience pain from procedures related to their care. Pediatricians should educate themselves regarding the accurate assessment of pain, and the pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods of managing acute pain.

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