Appendix
G
AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
The
Assessment and Management of Acute Pain in
Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Recommendations:
Opportunities exist for improving pediatric pain management. Pediatricians
can facilitate the comfort of their patients by using the following strategies:
- Expand
knowledge about pediatric pain and pediatric pain management principles
and techniques.
- Provide
a calm environment for procedures that reduce distress-producing stimulation.
- Use appropriate
pain assessment tools and techniques.
- Anticipate
predictable painful experiences, intervene, and monitor accordingly.
- Use a
multimodal (pharmacologic, cognitive behavioral, and physical) approach
to
pain management and use a multidisciplinary approach when possible.
- Involve
families and tailor interventions to the individual child.
- Advocate
for child-specific research in pain management and Food and Drug Administration
evaluation of analgesics for children.
- Advocate
for the effective use of pain medication for children to ensure compassionate
and
competent management of their pain
American
Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement from "The Assessment and Management
of Acute Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents" Published in
PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 3, September 2001, pp. 793-797
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