Session 13: Essentials
1. Content and Objectives
Pediatric acute pain control
General principles of developmental assessment and Rx of chronic and cancer pain
Common clinical options (pharmacological and nonpharmacological)
2. Required Readings
Berde CB & Sethna NF. Analgesics for the treatment of pain in children. N Engl J Med 2002;3;347:1094-103.
McGrath PJ, Unruh AM, Finley GA. Pain measurement in children. Pain – Clinical Updates 1995;3(2):1-4.
Shapiro BS. Pain in sickle cell disease. Pain – Clinical Updates 1997;5(2):1-4. http://www.iasp-pain.org/PCU97b.html .