Authors
Brenda Golianu, Elliot J Krane, Karen S Galloway, Myron Yaster
Publication date
2000/6/1
Source
Pediatric Clinics of North America
Volume
47
Issue
3
Pages
559-587
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Broadly stated, the primary goal of acute pain management is to “improve patient outcome.” This begins with providing effective pain control but also includes increasing patient and parental satisfaction, minimizing therapy induced side effects, facilitating recovery, and shortening hospital stay. This article describes the anatomic basis of pain perception, methods of pain assessment, and an overview of techniques of providing optimal analgesia following acute injury, illness, or surgery.
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B Golianu, EJ Krane, KS Galloway, M Yaster - Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2000