Managing Pain in Children (eBook)

Alison Twycross is Head of Department of Children's Nursing and Reader in Children's Nursing, London South Bank University, London, UK. Stephanie Dowden is Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) for Paediatric Palliative Care at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth, Western Australia. Prior to this she was CNC in paediatric pain management at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne Australia. Jennifer Stinson is Post-Doctorial Research Fellow and Advanced Practice Nurse for the Chronic Pain Programme at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

List of Contributors vi

Foreword vii
Professor Patrick J McGrath

1 Why Managing Pain in Children Matters 1
Alison Twycross and Anna Williams

2 Anatomy and Physiology of Pain 18
Jackie Bentley

3 Pain: A Biopsychosocial Phenomenon 36
Alison Twycross and Anna Williams

4 Pharmacology of Analgesic Drugs 48
Stephanie Dowden

5 Physical and Psychological Methods of Pain Relief in Children 86
Alison Twycross and Jennifer Stinson

6 Pain Assessment 112
Jennifer Stinson and Lindsay Jibb

7 Managing Acute Pain in Children 140
Sueann Penrose, Lori Palozzi and Stephanie Dowden

8 Chronic Pain in Children 179
Jennifer Stinson and Kathy Reid

9 Palliative Care in Children 212
Stephanie Dowden

10 Management of Painful Procedures 246
Kathy Reid, Alison Twycross and Dianne Tuterra

11 Where To From Here? 272
Alison Twycross and Jennifer Stinson

Index 292

Reviews from 1st edition:

"A well-written resource that covers a range of
pertinent topics in pediatric pain...the evidence-based,
practical approach makes this guide a useful reference for both
novice and experienced health care professionals. This clinical
guide is a welcome addition to the pediatric pain literature and
would serve well as a textbook for a course in pediatric
pain." Pediatric Pain Letter