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103: Pain Management
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Published:May 2023
Anum Dadwani, MD, FAAP, Leticia A. Shanley, MD, MBA, MSc, FAAP, "Pain Management", Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine, Jeffrey C. Gershel, MD, FAAP, Daniel A. Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM
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According to the International Association for the Study of Pain, pain is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.” Effective pain management is an essential aspect of inpatient medicine, a clinical performance measure, and a patient right. However, pediatric pain has historically been underrecognized and undertreated. Traditional barriers to providing adequate pain control to children include difficulty assessing pain in young patients, unfamiliarity with scoring instruments to measure pain, fear of adverse effects such as respiratory depression or addiction, and concerns about masking serious conditions.
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