Acute Paediatric Pain Management A Practical Guide

This new quick reference handbook is a highly practical guide to the safe and effective management of conventional methods of analgesia in children. It delivers a concise up-to-date and systematic approach that covers the basic drugs and techniques available in pain management. In addition, there is clear and succinct discussion of the newer more sophisticated techniques such as patient-controlled analgesia.Emphasises how the principles and practices of pain child management differ from that of adults.Promotes the idea of team management of acute pain. As both physicians and nurses are responsible for patient care. Clear and accessible display of important information, using features such as key learning points, check lists, flow charts and summary boxes.Addresses concerns about safety and the difficulties staff encounter in assessing paediatric pain, especially in young infants and in ICU environments.Patient-specific appendices which feature a review of basic procedural techniques that readers can quickly reference before rounds of examinations.