ICD-11 Task Force Is Seeking Opinions on Pediatric Specific Chronic Pain Diagnosis
The ICD-11 Task Force of IASP’s Pain in Childhood SIG invites you to share your opinion on the need for pediatric specifications in the ICD-11 chronic pain diagnoses. The inclusion of an independent category for chronic pain in the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has been an important step towards the […]
Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults
Congratulations to SPPM’s Advocacy Committee for their recent publication in Anesthesia & Analgesia on the management of substance use disorders in adolescents and adults! Kudos to our Board Members Drs. Jamie Kitzman and Amber Borucki and SPPM Past President Dr. Rita Agarwal. Follow the link to read the paper: https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/9900/Substance_Use_Disorders_in_Adolescents_and_Young.608.aspx
New Chronic Pain Podcast, “What a Pain”
Glyn Williams (Anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital) and Konrad Jacobs (clinical psychologist, Oxford) have started a new podcast – “What a Pain” – about chronic pain in children and adolescents. Through informal conversations, they hope to learn more about this fascinating topic from researchers, clinicians and patients, but also find out a little […]
Improving Postoperative Pain in the NICU
The Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium that care for infants with complex surgical problems participated in this collaborative. Centers were encouraged to adopt evidence-based interventions from the Clinical Practice Recommendations, which included pain assessment tools, pain score documentation, nonpharmacologic treatment measures, pain management guidelines, communication of a pain treatment plan, routine discussion of pain scores […]
Call for Submissions – SPPM 11th Annual Meeting
Do you have an idea for a Workshop or Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) that would benefit the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine membership? If so, please see the requirements and submission information below for the SPPM 11th Annual Meeting. Click here for more information!