Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids

Abstract Pediatric pain is challenging to assess and manage. Frequently underestimated in children, untreated pain may have consequences including increased fear, anxiety, and psychological issues. With the current opioid crisis, emergency physicians must be knowledgeable in both pharmacologic and n...

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Main Authors: Corrie E. Chumpitazi, Cindy Chang, Zaza Atanelov, Ann M. Dietrich, Samuel Hiu‐Fung Lam, Emily Rose, Tim Ruttan, Sam Shahid, Michael J. Stoner, Carmen Sulton, Mohsen Saidinejad, the ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee
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Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12664
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Samuel Hiu‐Fung Lam
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Tim Ruttan
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Mohsen Saidinejad
the ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee
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description Abstract Pediatric pain is challenging to assess and manage. Frequently underestimated in children, untreated pain may have consequences including increased fear, anxiety, and psychological issues. With the current opioid crisis, emergency physicians must be knowledgeable in both pharmacologic and non‐pharmacologic approaches to address pain and anxiety in children that lead to enhanced patient cooperation and family satisfaction. This document focuses pain management and distress mitigation strategies for the brief diagnostic and therapeutic procedures commonly performed.
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spelling doaj-art-6ba68e5326cc42fbbca6c7cb4bb8fde72025-08-20T01:57:25ZengElsevierJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open2688-11522022-04-0132n/an/a10.1002/emp2.12664Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioidsCorrie E. Chumpitazi0Cindy Chang1Zaza Atanelov2Ann M. Dietrich3Samuel Hiu‐Fung Lam4Emily Rose5Tim Ruttan6Sam Shahid7Michael J. Stoner8Carmen Sulton9Mohsen Saidinejad10the ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine CommitteeDepartment of Pediatrics Division of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital Houston Texas USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati Ohio USANorth Florida Regional Medical Center Emergency Department HCA/University of Central Florida College of Medicine Consortium Florida USADepartment of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine University of South Carolina College of Medicine Greenville North Carolina USADepartment of Emergency Medicine Sutter Medical Center Sacramento Sacramento California USAKeck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles California USADell Children's Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, US Acute Care Solutions Austin Texas USAAmerican College of Emergency Physicians Irving Texas USANationwide Children's Hospital The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus Ohio USAEmory University School of Medicine Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta Georgia USADepartment of Emergency Medicine Harbor UCLA Medical Center Torrance California USAAbstract Pediatric pain is challenging to assess and manage. Frequently underestimated in children, untreated pain may have consequences including increased fear, anxiety, and psychological issues. With the current opioid crisis, emergency physicians must be knowledgeable in both pharmacologic and non‐pharmacologic approaches to address pain and anxiety in children that lead to enhanced patient cooperation and family satisfaction. This document focuses pain management and distress mitigation strategies for the brief diagnostic and therapeutic procedures commonly performed.https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12664analgesiaemergency departmentnon‐pharmacologicpain managementpediatricspolicy
spellingShingle Corrie E. Chumpitazi
Cindy Chang
Zaza Atanelov
Ann M. Dietrich
Samuel Hiu‐Fung Lam
Emily Rose
Tim Ruttan
Sam Shahid
Michael J. Stoner
Carmen Sulton
Mohsen Saidinejad
the ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee
Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
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emergency department
non‐pharmacologic
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pediatrics
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title Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids
title_full Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids
title_fullStr Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids
title_full_unstemmed Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids
title_short Managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids
title_sort managing acute pain in children presenting to the emergency department without opioids
topic analgesia
emergency department
non‐pharmacologic
pain management
pediatrics
policy
url https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12664
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