RT Book, Section
A1 Greffe, Brian S.
A1 Galinkin, Jeffrey L.
A1 King, Nancy A.
A2 Hay Jr., William W.
A2 Levin, Myron J.
A2 Abzug, Mark J.
A2 Bunik, Maya
SR Print(0)
ID 1172110984
T1 Pain Management & Pediatric Palliative & End-of-Life Care
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatrics, 25e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260457827
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1172110984
RD 2024/04/19
AB Children  experience  pain  to  at  least  the  same  level  as  adults.  Multiple  studies  have  shown  that  neonates  and  infants  perceive  pain  and  have  memory  of  these  painful  experiences.  Frequently,  children  are  underprescribed  and  underdosed  for  opioid  and  nonopioid  analgesics  due  to  excessive  concerns  of  respiratory  depression  and/or  poor  understanding  of  the  need  for  pain  medications  in  children.  Few  data  are  available  to  guide  the  dosing  of  many  pain  medications,  and  the  majority  of  pain  medications  available  on  the  market  today  are  unlabeled  for  use  in  pediatric  patients.