9^th International Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Conference

Pediatric Pain Management

Assisting children with pain is usually done with medication and non-pharmacological treatments to provide comfort, but acute pain often has an obvious cause and lasts for a few days or weeks. Children experiencing acute pain may need to be evaluated, treated and prevented. While in pain, physical consequences can jeopardize recovery and healing. Pain that is unrelated to the injury can result in alkalosis and hypoxemia, which leads to rapid, shallow breathing and an increase in vital signs and pulse, causing pressure on the stomach.