Differently from the adult patients, in pediatric age it is more difficult to assess and treat efficaciously the pain and often this symptom is undertreated or not treated. In children, selection of appropriate pain assessment tools should consider age, cognitive level and the presence of eventual disability, type of pain and the situation in which it is occurring. Improved understanding of developmental neurobiology and paediatric analgesic drugs pharmacokinetics should facilitate a better management of childhood pain.
Chiaretti, A., Pierri, F., Valentini, P., Russo, I., Gargiullo, L., Riccardi, R., Current practice and recent advances in pediatric pain management, <<EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES>>, 2013; 17 Suppl 1 (Febbraio): 112-126 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/53454]
Current practice and recent advances in pediatric pain management
Chiaretti, Antonio;Pierri, Filomena;Valentini, Piero;Russo, Ida;Riccardi, Riccardo
2013
Abstract
Differently from the adult patients, in pediatric age it is more difficult to assess and treat efficaciously the pain and often this symptom is undertreated or not treated. In children, selection of appropriate pain assessment tools should consider age, cognitive level and the presence of eventual disability, type of pain and the situation in which it is occurring. Improved understanding of developmental neurobiology and paediatric analgesic drugs pharmacokinetics should facilitate a better management of childhood pain.
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