title: The management of acute pain in children.
abstract: Children cannot always articulate the level of pain they are experiencing, and need to be assessed carefully. The final article in this three-part series discusses a number of pain assessment tools available to help nurses caring for children in pain.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Postgraduate Division, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Twycross
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010371:Pediatric Nursing
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics