title: Pain management in the pediatric surgical patient.
abstract: Surgeons performing painful, invasive procedures in pediatric patients must be cognizant of both the potential short- and long-term detrimental effects of inadequate analgesia. This article reviews the available tools, sedation procedures, the management of intraoperative, postoperative, and postprocedural pain, and the issues surrounding neonatal addiction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040A Fitzsimmons Drive, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
authors.forename: Vance Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zenger
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009357:Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000779:Anesthetics, Local