title: Minimizing the pain of office procedures in children.
abstract: Office practitioners are often required to perform painful procedures on children. A wide variety of techniques that minimize the physical and psychologic trauma of the procedure are reviewed. Various methods of accomplishing some common procedures are evaluated.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D010372:Pediatrics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000628:therapy; D014860:Warts / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics