Background - Pain is a relevant symptom reported by children who require Emergency Unit evaluation, but it is still underestimated and undertreated. Purpose - This review offers simple information about pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches in the management of pain in emergency settings and in subcentres. Data sources - Found on PubMed articles, using different key-words: pain, procedural pain, children, emergency unit, epidemiology, measurement, management, and treatment. Results - Pain has to be measured before treatment. It can be controlled with non-pharmacological and pharmacological approaches, which have specific guidelines. Conclusions - Instruments for any kind of pain are available; an insufficient management is attributable to poor knowledge rather than to lack of means.

Il dolore acuto del bambino: Dalla misurazione al trattamento, farmacologico e non.

Facchina, Giulia;Minute, Marta;Massaro, Marta;Schreiber, Silvana;Barbi, Egidio
2013-01-01

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Background - Pain is a relevant symptom reported by children who require Emergency Unit evaluation, but it is still underestimated and undertreated. Purpose - This review offers simple information about pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches in the management of pain in emergency settings and in subcentres. Data sources - Found on PubMed articles, using different key-words: pain, procedural pain, children, emergency unit, epidemiology, measurement, management, and treatment. Results - Pain has to be measured before treatment. It can be controlled with non-pharmacological and pharmacological approaches, which have specific guidelines. Conclusions - Instruments for any kind of pain are available; an insufficient management is attributable to poor knowledge rather than to lack of means.
2013
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