Managing procedural pain in pediatric patients.
OBJECTIVE
To review recent research on the management of acute procedural pain in pediatric patients.


RESULTS
Pediatric patients experience pain with the same or greater intensity as their adult counterparts. Recent studies have acknowledged the importance of people's beliefs about pain and of a multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of acute pain.


CONCLUSIONS
Pediatric patients experience pain from procedures related to their care. Pediatricians should educate themselves regarding the accurate assessment of pain, and the pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods of managing acute pain.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA. rcramton@email.arizona.edu
Rachel E M
RE
Cramton
Nancy E
NE
Gruchala
D059787:Acute Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods
D000700:Analgesics