title: Pediatric postoperative pain management.
abstract: This article reviews methods to relieve postoperative pain in most children. It also discusses the major barriers to treatment and considers the provision of opioids via a painless route as an alternative to the more usual intramuscular (and painful) route.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Berde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007260:Infusion Pumps; D009407:Nerve Block; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D011292:Premedication / Q000379:methods; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000779:Anesthetics, Local