Synonyms
Pediatric Pharmacological Interventions; Pediatric Psychological Interventions; Pediatric Integrated Care for Painful Procedures; Acute Procedural Pain in Children
Definition
Acute procedural pain refers to the pain that infants and children experience as a result of necessary invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Procedural pain management refers to the pharmacological, psychological and physical interventions used to prevent, reduce or eliminate pain sensations in children arising as a result of an invasive or aversive medical procedure.
Characteristics
Acute procedural pain is a significant problem for infants and children and, regrettably, is currently undertreated in many centers. A recent survey of institutions in the Pediatric Oncology Group (Broome et al. 1996) found that 67% of institutions routinely used local anesthesia, 22% used systemic premedication and 11% used different relaxation techniques for management of painful procedures such as lumbar...
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Liossi, C. (2007). Acute Pain in Children, Procedural. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_70
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