RT Book, Section
A1 Greco, Christine D.
A1 Aner, Moris M.
A1 LeBel, Alyssa
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
SR Print(0)
ID 3418377
T1 Chapter 53. Acute Pain Management in Infants and Children
T2 Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e
YR 2004
FD 2004
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071443494
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3418377
RD 2023/09/29
AB Pain  in  children  has  been  historically  undertreated.  This  was  in  part  the  result  of  misguided  assumptions,  such  as  children’s  inability  to  experience  pain  because  of  an  immature  nervous  system  and  the  innocuous  effects  of  untreated  pain  in  children.  In  addition,  limited  knowledge  of  pediatric  drug  metabolism  prevented  a  clear  understanding  of  how  to  dose  analgesics  in  children.  Over  the  past  two  decades,  there  has  been  significant  progress  in  the  understanding  of  neuroanatomy,  physiology,  and  pharmacology  of  analgesics  in  children,  which  has  led  to  considerable  advancements  in  pain  management.  This  chapter  discusses  developmental  anatomy  and  neurochemistry,  pain  assessment,  pharmacologic  treatment  of  pain,  and  regional  techniques  in  pediatric  patients.