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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

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01-02-2014 | Review Article/Brief Review

Not small adults: the emerging role of pediatric pain services

Authors: G. Allen Finley, MD, Jill MacLaren Chorney, PhD, Lori Campbell, RN MN

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 2/2014

Abstract

Purpose

This review article explores the need for specialized pain care for children and adolescents and provides some historical context for our current knowledge base and clinical practice.

Principal findings

Pediatric patients have specialized needs with respect to assessment and management of pain. Acute pain care is modified by developmental considerations in both these areas; chronic pain encompasses a wide range of complex developmental, social, and psychological factors requiring the skills of different health disciplines to provide the best care.

Conclusions

Awareness of children’s pain has increased dramatically over the past three decades, and Canadians have performed a leadership role in much of the research. Specific multidisciplinary teams are a more recent phenomenon, but they are shown to be more effective and probably more cost effective than traditional treatment models. Important gaps in availability of resources to manage these patients remain.

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Title: Not small adults: the emerging role of pediatric pain services
Authors: G. Allen Finley, MD
Jill MacLaren Chorney, PhD
Lori Campbell, RN MN
Publication date: 01-02-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-013-0076-7

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Not small adults: the emerging role of pediatric pain services

Abstract

Purpose

Principal findings

Conclusions

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Abstract

Purpose

Principal findings

Conclusions

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