Systematic pain management needed for children in ED The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines for improving pediatric pain management processes in U.S. emergency departments.

As any parent knows, it hurts to hear a child cry in pain. Despite progress in understanding pain in children and infants, the youngest patients still aren’t getting the relief they need from doctors, ...

According to the National Institutes of Health, opioid misuse and addiction in the United States is a national crisis, with an economic burden upwards of $78 billion. Opioids are useful for pain ...

It is often hard to understand the source of pain in babies and children, and if they experience it often or for a long time, it can do severe damage. Go ahead. Try asking a crying child or baby ...

Canada has published the first-ever national standard to guide pediatric pain management in children's, community or regional, and rehabilitation hospitals that treat children up to age 19.

Each year, too many kids in the East Bay suffer needlessly from pain related to long-term serious illness, including migraines, joint and abdominal pain, sickle cell anemia and more. A new UCSF Health ...

Introduction: Pain in the postoperative period is a rising concern in paediatrics. Ideal management should be the most effective with minimal adverse effects. Objective: Compare two regimens of ...

Little research exists concerning pain assessment in children with CP. Developmental differences such as cognition and ability to communicate significantly influence children's perception of and ...

Racial differences in medical care are part of a theme experts are seeing “over and over” again. By Rachel Rabkin Peachman Judith McClellan, a social worker who lives in Salisbury, N.C., knows what it ...