• J Spec Pediatr Nurs · Jul 2005

    Review Case Reports

    Multidimensional assessment using the adolescent pediatric pain tool: a case report.

    • Margie Crandall and Marilyn Savedra.
    • University of California Davis, Children's Hospital, Sacramento, USA. margie.crandall@ucdavis.edu
    • J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2005 Jul 1;10(3):115-23.

    PurposeChildren's and adolescents' pain experiences are complex and multidimensional. Therefore, assessing a single dimension of pain intensity is in many instances inadequate. The purpose of this case report is to illustrate the benefits of using a multidimensional pain tool to assess vaso-occlusive pain in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.ConclusionsThe adolescent pediatric pain tool (APPT) provides a valid multidimensional pain assessment that facilitates individual pain assessments that optimize children's and adolescents' pain relief interventions and outcomes.Practice ImplicationsThe APPT is particularly valuable when clinicians encounter children and adolescents experiencing complex, difficult to manage pain.

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