There is growing evidence that children have short-and long-term physical, physiological,
and psychological effects due to untreated acute pain. Because the majority of children who …

Background Painful procedures are common in the ED setting and beyond. Although these
procedures are often essential to patient management, they can also be distressing for …

Background. Fear of adverse events and occurrence of side effects are commonly cited by
families and physicians as obstructive to appropriate use of pain medication in children. We …

OBJECTIVE. To examine the relationship between pediatric patient visit characteristics and
pain score documentation in the emergency department (ED) and determine whether …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We compare the treatment of pain in children with arm fractures by
ibuprofen 10 mg/kg versus acetaminophen with codeine 1 mg/kg/dose (codeine component). …

OBJECTIVES: To test the hypotheses that minority children with long-bone fractures are less
likely to (1) receive analgesics,(2) receive opioid analgesics, and (3) achieve pain reduction…

Appropriate pain measurement relies on the use of valid, reliable tools. The aim of this study
was to determine and compare the psychometric properties of 3 self-reported pain scales …

… Drendel et al 26 surveyed 98 caregivers of children presenting to an orthopedic injury
follow-up clinic. They found that children received on average 3.2 days of analgesia, with 45.3% …

Background. Pain management for children with musculoskeletal injuries is suboptimal and,
in the absence of clear evidence-based guidelines, varies significantly. Objective. To …

BACKGROUND: Oral morphine for postoperative pain after minor pediatric surgery, while
increasingly popular, is not supported by evidence. We evaluated whether oral morphine was …