A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural Pain

BACKGROUND: Adverse health care events are injuries occurring as a result of patient care. Significant acute pain is often caused by medical and surgical procedures in children, and it has been argued that undermanaged pain should be considered to be an adverse event. Indicators are often used to id...

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Main Authors: Alison M Twycross, Jill MacLaren Chorney, Patrick J McGrath, G Allen Finley, Darlene M Boliver, Katherine A Mifflin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/570478
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description BACKGROUND: Adverse health care events are injuries occurring as a result of patient care. Significant acute pain is often caused by medical and surgical procedures in children, and it has been argued that undermanaged pain should be considered to be an adverse event. Indicators are often used to identify other potential adverse events. There are currently no validated indicators for undertreated pediatric pain.
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spelling doaj-art-083794e8beac417398da3e07e734d01d2025-02-03T01:27:31ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652013-01-01185e68e7410.1155/2013/570478A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural PainAlison M Twycross0Jill MacLaren Chorney1Patrick J McGrath2G Allen Finley3Darlene M Boliver4Katherine A Mifflin5London South Bank University, London, United KingdomIWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaIWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaIWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaIWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaCentre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaBACKGROUND: Adverse health care events are injuries occurring as a result of patient care. Significant acute pain is often caused by medical and surgical procedures in children, and it has been argued that undermanaged pain should be considered to be an adverse event. Indicators are often used to identify other potential adverse events. There are currently no validated indicators for undertreated pediatric pain.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/570478
spellingShingle Alison M Twycross
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A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural Pain
Pain Research and Management
title A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural Pain
title_full A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural Pain
title_fullStr A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural Pain
title_full_unstemmed A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural Pain
title_short A Delphi Study to Identify Indicators of Poorly Managed Pain for Pediatric Postoperative and Procedural Pain
title_sort delphi study to identify indicators of poorly managed pain for pediatric postoperative and procedural pain
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/570478
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