Postoperative pain control in children

Attention to postoperative pain control in children

Even with the rapid development of pediatric postoperative pain management, pediatric patients have remained undertreated for postoperative pain because of difficulty in pain assessment and concerns regarding side effects of opioid analgesics. Although there are no perfect pain assessment techniques and no absolutely safe analgesics, proper monitoring and an individualized analgesic plan after ...

Acute postoperative pain in children.

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Postoperative pain control.

Prevention and control of postoperative pain are essential. Inadequate treatment of postoperative pain continues to be a major problem after many surgeries and leads to worse outcomes, including chronic postsurgical pain. Optimal management of postoperative pain requires an understanding of the pathophysiology of pain, methods available to reduce pain, invasiveness of the procedure, and patient...

Acute Postoperative Pain Control

Postoperative Pain Management in Children , Parental

23 | AUTHORS Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH,1 Douglass L. Jackson, DMD, MS, PhD,2,3 Chuan Zhou, PhD,2,4 Nelly C. Ayala, RN, MSN,5 and Beth E. Ebel, MD, MSc, MPH2,3,4 1Departments of Anesthesiology and 2Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and 5School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and 3Centers for Diversity and Health Equity and 4Child Health, Behavior and Development, S...