Comparison of pain management in paediatric surgical patients in two hospitals in France and Canada

Abstract

This study documents differences in post-operative pain management between two paediatric hospitals. We found differences between the two hospitals regarding the frequency of pain evaluation, the use of validated tools for evaluating pain, and analgesic dosages. Continued efforts to educate prescribing physicians and other healthcare providers are needed to improve pain management in children.

Pharmaceutical care in an inpatient pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant service

“…Potential or real drug-related problems and clinical interventions were self-collected for 31 nonconsecutive days (September 2006 to January 2007) using the Société Française de Pharmacie Clinique -SFPC (French Society of Clinical Pharmacy) tool within the context of a France-Quebec collaboration. [13][14][15][16][17][18] Anonymous data were collected on patients concerning their chronological age, body weight in kilograms, gender, indications for stem cell transplantation and type of transplant, conditioning regimen and drug characteristics (therapeutic class using the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification, administration form, administration route), medical or non medical staff involved in the intervention (senior or resident physician, nurse, patient or his/her family, pharmacy, other), documentation in patient files, and the number of recommendations accepted (if needed). Some interventions did not need any approval (answers given to nurses' questions and seamless care interventions involving the basement pharmacy, for example).…”

A comparative pilot study of the professional ethical thinking of Quebec pharmacy residents and French pharmacy interns

“…At the CHU Sainte-Justine over the last decade we have conducted a number of comparative studies on different aspects of pharmacy practice in Quebec and France in relation to among other things organization, dispensing, compounding and clinical pharmacy services [11][12][13][14][15]. Discussions between pharmacy residents in Quebec and pharmacy interns in France led us to identify potential differences in the perception of ethics in pharmacy practice.…”