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Principles of Pediatric Pain Management during the End-of-Life Period

Author(s) -

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf,

John J. Collins

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

medical principles and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1423-0151

pISSN - 1011-7571

DOI - 10.1159/000104541

Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , pain management , multidisciplinary approach , analgesic , disease , intensive care medicine , cancer pain , cancer , physical therapy , anesthesia , nursing , social science , sociology

More than 80% of children with a life-limiting condition such as cancer or a neurodegenerative disease suffer from pain during their last week of life. This article reviews the principles of pediatric pain management and addresses characteristics and pitfalls of integrative and pharmacological therapies during the end-of-life period of a child.Providing a good pain management for a dying child is one of the many domains of pediatric palliative care and usually requires a holistic, multidisciplinary approach and the knowledge to apply appropriate analgesic drugs in combination with integrative nondrug therapies.

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