Common medical procedures to assess and treat patients can cause significant pain and
distress. Clinicians should have a basic approach for minimizing pain and distress in …

Pain assessment and management are essential components of paediatric care.
Developmentally appropriate pain assessment is an important first step in optimizing pain …

Objectives We compared the tolerability and efficacy of intranasal subdissociative ketamine
to intranasal fentanyl for analgesia of children with acute traumatic pain and investigated the …

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal injuries (MSK-Is) are a common and painful condition
among children that remains poorly treated in the emergency department (ED). We aimed to …

Objective To compare the effectiveness and safety of prescribing ibuprofen and oxycodone
for at-home management of children's fracture pain. Methods A prospective observational …

Background Acute pain is one of the major complaints reported in pediatric emergency
departments and general wards. Recently, both the US Food and Drug Administration and …

Background: In the midst of the current opioid crisis, physicians are caught between
balancing children's optimal pain management and the risks of opioid therapy. This study …

Pediatric pain is challenging to assess and manage. Frequently underestimated in children,
untreated pain may have consequences including increased fear, anxiety, and …

Musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries are one of the most frequent reason for pain-related
evaluation in the emergency department (ED) in children. There is still no consensus as to …

In many published articles, there is still no mention of quality control processes, which might
be an indication of the insufficient importance the researchers attach to undertaking or …