title: Pediatric pain management: More opportunities for better comfort.
abstract: Pediatric pain assessment is vital for optimal pediatric practice. After a year of implementation of pediatric pain assessment tools at a tertiary university hospital (King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), the physicians in the Department of Pediatrics were invited to participate in an interactive lecture about pediatric pain management to assess their awareness about using these tools. Their responses demonstrated that almost half of them were not using any pain scale in their daily practice. These findings highlight the need for a new strategy of implementation. The improvement of pain assessment and management necessitates extensive educational campaign for all health care providers and early audit in order to improve the physicians' awareness and compliance with these changes.
authors: Ayman A
authors: AA
authors: Aleyadhy
authors: Mohamed-Hani
authors: MH
authors: Temsah
authors: Ali N
authors: AN
authors: Alhaboob
authors: (1) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, King Saud University Medical City , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
authors: Gamal M
authors: GM
authors: Hasan
authors: (2) Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
authors: Amir
authors: A
authors: Babiker
keywords: Assessment; Awareness; Children; Interactive; Pain; Score