Canadian Medical Association Journal

Less than one-third of painful procedures for children in hospital associated with documented pain relief

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 20th, 2011

2011 APR 20 -- Less than one-third of painful procedures performed on children in hospital were associated with documentation of a specific strategy to help manage pain, according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Children in hospital experience multiple painful medical procedures daily, yet the use of specific pain management strategies in various hospital units is unknown. Painful procedures can have negative physiological, emotional and behavioural consequences such as greater pain responses to and anxiety toward subsequent painful procedures, which may result in avoidance of procedures, such as vaccination, in the...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-04-20)

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