: Pain is a biopsychosocial experience characterized by sensory, physiological, cognitive, affective, and behavioral components. Both acute and chronic pain can have short and long-term negative effects. Unfortunately, pain treatment is often inadequate. Guidelines and recommendations for a rational approach to pediatric pain frequently differ, and this may be one of the most important reasons for the poor attention frequently paid to pain treatment in children. This narrative review discusses the present knowledge in this regard. A literature review conducted on papers produced over the last 8 years showed that although in recent years, compared to the past, much progress has been made in the treatment of pain in the context of the pediatric emergency room, there is still a lot to do. There is a need to create guidelines that outline standardized and easy-to-follow pathways for pain recognition and management, which are also flexible enough to take into account differences in different contexts both in terms of drug availability and education of staff as well as of the different complexities of patients. It is essential to guarantee an approach to pain that is as uniform as possible among the pediatric population that limits, as much as possible, the inequalities related to ethnicity and language barriers.

Pain Management in Children Admitted to the Emergency Room: A Narrative Review / Cunico, Daniela; Rossi, Arianna; Verdesca, Matteo; Principi, Nicola; Esposito, Susanna. - In: PHARMACEUTICALS. - ISSN 1424-8247. - 16:8(2023), p. 1178. [10.3390/ph16081178]

Pain Management in Children Admitted to the Emergency Room: A Narrative Review

Cunico, Daniela;Verdesca, Matteo;Esposito, Susanna
2023-01-01

Abstract

: Pain is a biopsychosocial experience characterized by sensory, physiological, cognitive, affective, and behavioral components. Both acute and chronic pain can have short and long-term negative effects. Unfortunately, pain treatment is often inadequate. Guidelines and recommendations for a rational approach to pediatric pain frequently differ, and this may be one of the most important reasons for the poor attention frequently paid to pain treatment in children. This narrative review discusses the present knowledge in this regard. A literature review conducted on papers produced over the last 8 years showed that although in recent years, compared to the past, much progress has been made in the treatment of pain in the context of the pediatric emergency room, there is still a lot to do. There is a need to create guidelines that outline standardized and easy-to-follow pathways for pain recognition and management, which are also flexible enough to take into account differences in different contexts both in terms of drug availability and education of staff as well as of the different complexities of patients. It is essential to guarantee an approach to pain that is as uniform as possible among the pediatric population that limits, as much as possible, the inequalities related to ethnicity and language barriers.
2023
Pain Management in Children Admitted to the Emergency Room: A Narrative Review / Cunico, Daniela; Rossi, Arianna; Verdesca, Matteo; Principi, Nicola; Esposito, Susanna. - In: PHARMACEUTICALS. - ISSN 1424-8247. - 16:8(2023), p. 1178. [10.3390/ph16081178]
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