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

The paediatric population is at risk of inadequate pain management, with age-related factors
affecting pain management in children. This presented study discusses the complexities of …

Providing an evidence-based, practical guide to care in all areas of children's pain
management, Managing Pain in Children offers nurses and other healthcare professionals …

Infants, children, and adolescents presenting with pain differ dramatically in physical,
cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social characteristics. This chapter presents an …

This chapter will provide an overview of the assessment of pain in children from neonates to
adolescents. The difference between pain assessment and measurement will be …

One of the most remarkable advances has been the realization that the system that mediates
children's pain is subtle and complex. We now know we cannot completely control pain by …

Advances over the past two decades have enabled physicians to revolutionize the manner
in which they can assess and manage children's pain. Thirty years ago it was thought that …

Acute pain is one of the most common adverse stimuli experienced by children, occurring as
a result of injury, illness, and necessary medical procedures. It is associated with increased …

Research in the last two decades has revealed the complex nature of pain and has thereby
improved the understanding, treatment, and management of pediatric pain by health care …

Unrelieved pain in children has several undesirable physical and psychological
consequences in the short and longer term. Other effects of unrelieved pain include …