OBJECTIVES:
This study was designed to establish preliminary feasibility testing of a set of inherently benign somatosensory stimulus-response tests (to cutaneous and deep stimuli) for bedside or office evaluation of pain disorders in children and…
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the numerous psychological barriers to optimum pain relief in infants, children, and adolescents. DATA SOURCES: The professional and scientific literature on pediatric pain was accessed by means of Psychlit and Medline searches.…
OBJECTIVE: Pain relief is still inadequate in many hospitalized patients, especially children in whom suboptimal use of analgesic drugs is still common. In the past 2 years, oral methadone has been used extensively in our institution for treating…
