Fifteen Minute Consultation: Practical Pain Management In Paediatric Palliative Care
Title
Fifteen Minute Consultation: Practical Pain Management In Paediatric Palliative Care
Creator
Harrop EJ; Brombley K; Boyce K
Identifier
10.1136/archdischild-2016-312522
Publisher
Archives Of Disease In Childhood. Education And Practice Edition
Date
2017
Subject
Neurodisability; Neuropathic; Oncology; Pain; Palliative
Description
Pain and distress in the paediatric palliative care population can be very difficult to manage. Clinical scenarios range from the acute management of cancer-related pain at the end of life to the ongoing long-term support of children with complex multimodal pain related to progressive neurological conditions. Understanding the child's underlying condition, possible causes of pain and their preferred mode of communication are important to the delivery of holistic care. Modification of environmental factors, basic care consideration and non-pharmacological measures have a large role to play, alongside conventional analgesics. Medication may also need to be delivered by novel routes such as transdermal patches, continuous subcutaneous infusion of multiple drugs or transmucosal breakthrough analgesic doses. Two cases are used to illustrate approaches to these clinical problems.
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Citation List Month
July 2017 List
Notes
1743-0593
Harrop, Emily Jane
Brombley, Karen
Boyce, Katherine
Journal Article
England
Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2017 May 9. pii: edpract-2016-312522. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312522.
Citation
Harrop EJ; Brombley K; Boyce K, “Fifteen Minute Consultation: Practical Pain Management In Paediatric Palliative Care,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed October 10, 2024, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/10951.