Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine

March 2025 POLL OF THE MONTH

Does your institution have an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) program, defined as multimodal treatment focused on functional restoration and pain management delivered by a team of 3 or more health professionals, either in an inpatient or outpatient setting?

A. No, we don’t have the resources
B. No, we don’t have interest
C. No, but our institution is willing to provide resources to develop one
D. Yes, we only have an inpatient program
E. Yes, we have both an inpatient and outpatient program
F. Yes, we only have an outpatient program
G. If you have a program, what ages do you serve? (Use first text area below)
H. If you have a program, do you see patients with other primary functional and somatic symptom presentations (e.g., FNSD, DGBI, etc.)
I. Other comments (Use second text area below)

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MARCH 2025 QUESTION OF THE MONTH

Studies have shown that animal assisted therapy can be a beneficial part of multimodal management of many various symptoms, ranging from depression and anxiety to acute and chronic pain. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have been known to improve discomfort, stress, anxiety, and overall well-being in children and adults. In addition to subjective reports from patients, biomarkers have been used to investigate a positive response to AAI. All of the following objective measures have been utilized indicating a positive response to AAI except:

A. decreased respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood pressure
B. increased oxytocin, endorphins, and serotonin
C. decrease cortisol levels
D. increase salivary alpha-amylase

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Does your institution have an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) program, defined as multimodal treatment focused on functional restoration and pain management delivered by a team of 3 or more health professionals, either in an inpatient or outpatient setting?

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – Communications Committee Chair

Ultrasonogram-Guided Continuous Quadratus Lumborum Block as Pain Management in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Case Series

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perioperative Pain Management After Pediatric Tonsillectomy

Living Well With Chronic Pain – For Teens

Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Time-Out Checklist

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Does your institution have an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) program, defined as multimodal treatment focused on functional restoration and pain management delivered by a team of 3 or more health professionals, either in an inpatient or outpatient setting?

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