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Psychological principles of burn wound pain in children. II: Treatment applications. (University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA) J Burn Care Rehabil 2000;21:458–472.
Author(s) -
MartinHerz Susanne Pelley,
Thurber Christopher A.,
Patterson David R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pain practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1533-2500
pISSN - 1530-7085
DOI - 10.1046/j.1533-2500.2001.001002211.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , pediatric burn , burn wound , physical therapy , pain control , burn injury , burn out , intensive care medicine , burn units , nursing , surgery , wound healing
The pain involved in acute burn care can be excruciating and intractable. Even the best pharmacologic pain control efforts often fail to adequately control pain, especially procedure‐related pain, in pediatric patients with burn injuries. Nonpharmacologic interventions have been found to be effective in reducing pain in both children and adults and can be extremely important adjuvant to standard pharmacologic analgesia in the burn care setting. This article presented a detailed discussion of the implementation of nonpharmacologic intervention strategies in the burn care setting. Because accurate measurement of discomfort is imperative for the development of interventions and for the evaluation of their efficacy, this article began with a brief review of pain measurement techniques. Suggestions for tailoring interventions to meet specific patient needs were provided. This article also included a detailed and practical discussion of specific intervention techniques and the implementation of those techniques.