Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

 

The pain team at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in the UK has released a wonderful youtube animation video that explains pain relief to children and young people. It covers how the team manages pain, the types of pain medicine  used and side effects. The animation is currently available only in English with subtitles. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/jV3G7voqOho

 

A new scoping review investigates facts that influence assessment of postoperative pain in pediatric patients with cerebral palsy.

One pain assessment scale was found to be most suitable for postoperative pain assessment, read on for more info: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.15259

A study published in Pain looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with chronic pain.

Read study here:  https://journals.lww.com/pain/Fulltext/9900/The_impact_of_the_coronavirus_disease_2019.54.aspx#

 

A study published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery retrospectively examines a 3 year cohort of patients who received cryoablation for management of pectus repair pain. Length of stay was reduced as well as need for  post op ICU admission in those who received cryoablation.

Article can be found here: https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(22)00173-7/fulltext

 

American Academy of Pediatrics offers a number of resources to support clinicians in addressing substance use.

Follow the link for professional tools and resources which may be of value: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/substance-use-and-prevention/