Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents is a significant revision of the leading text and clinical reference on pediatric pain.

Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents remains an indispensable source of guidance for all clinicians who treat pediatric patients with acute and chronic pain.

Features:

• Many illustrations of techniques
• Algorithms for specific pain problems
• A formulary

Contents

Theoretic Perspectives

1. Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: An Overview
2. The Neurobiologic Basis of Pediatric Pain
3. The Human Developmental Neurphysiology of Pain
4. Long-Term Consequences of Pain in Neonates
5. Clinical Pharmacology
6. Modifying the Psychologic Factors That Intensify Children's Pain and Prolong Disability
7. Development of Psychologic Responses to Pain and Assessment of Pain in Infants and Toddlers
8. Measuring Pain in Children: Developmental and Instrumental Issues
9. Cultural Considerations in Children's Pain
10. The Ethics of Pain Control in Infants and Children

Therapeutic Interventions

11. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Pediatric Pain Management
12. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists
13. Treatment of Pediatric Pain with Nonconventional Analgesics
14. Local Anesthetics
15. Psychiatric Assessment and Management of Pediatric Pain
16. Assessment and Management of Somatoform Pain Disorders
17. Psychologic and Behavioral Treatment of Pain in Children and Adolescents
18. Hypnotherapy and Imagery for Managing Children's Pain
19. Neurosurgical Procedures for the Treatment of Pediatric Pain
20. Central Blocks in Children and Adolescents
21. Peripheral Nerve Blockade in the Management of Postoperative Pain in Children
22. Regional Anesthetic Techniqus for Chronic Pain Management in Children
23. Nursing Management of the Child in Pain
24. Physical Therapy Management of Pain in Children
25. Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies in Pediatric Pain Treatment
26. Acupuncture
27. Multidisciplinary Programs for Management of Acute and Chronic Pain in Children

Specific Pain Problems

28. Management of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
29. Management of Pain in Childhood Cancer
30. Pain and Pallitive Care
31. Sedation
32. Musculoskeletal Pain in Children
33. Pain and Children with Developmental Disabilities
34. Neuropathic Pain in Children
35. Burn Pain Management: Avoiding the "Private Nightmare"
36. Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department
37. The Pain (and Stress) in Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
38. Management of Common Pain Problems in the Primary Care Pediatric Setting
39. Diagnosis, Classification, and Medical Management of Headache in Children and Adolescents
40. Recurrent Abdominal Pain
41. Chest Pain
42. Colic: The Pain Perplex
43. Facial Pain in Children and Adolescents
44. Pain Management for the Critically Ill Child in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
45. Pain-Associated Disability Syndrome

Appendix/Formulary

Index

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