Pain management in pediatric age group

Abstract

The management of pain in palliative care of children is somewhat different from that in adults. The use of opioids in pediatric palliative care presents some unique challenges. Confident and rational use of opioids, illustrated by WHO Guidelines is essential for adequate management of pain in children with life limiting conditions.

Reporting of pediatric palliative care: A systematic review and quantitative analysis of research publications in palliative care journals

“…[2236384447495355678186929596109] There were six original articles[6973768790114] and two review articles[3088] among the eight articles on education, and two original articles,[56] and six review articles[24284361104105] among seven articles on research, respectively. Of the 27 articles on administration, there were 15 original articles[212358717278798294101102111115116] and 12 review articles.…”

“…Individually, AJHPC had 16 articles,[ 20 – 35 ] BMCPC had 0 article, COSPC had 0 article, IJPC had 3 articles,[ 36 – 38 ] IJPN had 12 articles,[ 39 – 50 ] JHPN had 1 article,[ 51 ] JPC had 11 articles,[ 52 – 62 ] JPM had 35 articles,[ 63 – 97 ] JPPCP had 1 article,[ 98 ] JSWELPC had 5 articles,[ 99 – 103 ] PM had 9 articles,[ 104 – 112 ] and PSC had 4 articles[ 113 – 116 ] on “pediatric palliative care.” Also refer to Table 1 for respective reporting rates for journals and Figure 3 for the comparison of number of “pediatric” articles and “nonpediatric” articles between the journals.…”

“…Of the 55 articles on clinical practice, 40 were original articles[ 20 29 33 35 37 39 40 42 45 46 48 52 , 57 59 60 63 – 66 68 70 74 75 77 80 83 – 85 97 – 100 103 106 – 110 112 113 ] and 15 were review articles. [ 22 36 38 44 47 49 53 55 67 81 86 92 95 96 109 ] There were six original articles[ 69 73 76 87 90 114 ] and two review articles[ 30 88 ] among the eight articles on education, and two original articles,[ 56 ] and six review articles[ 24 28 43 61 104 105 ] among seven articles on research, respectively. Of the 27 articles on administration, there were 15 original articles[ 21 23 58 71 72 78 79 82 94 101 …”

“…There were 46 studies that used qualitative methods[ 21 23 33 37 39 40 42 45 46 48 56 58 – 60 63 64 – 66 68 69 71 – 73 76 78 79 82 83 88 94 97 99 – 103 106 107 110 111 113 – 116 ] and 17 studies that used quantitative methods[ 20 29 35 52 57 70 74 75 77 80 84 85 87 90 98 108 112 ] among the 63 original articles. Among the 34 review articles, 33 articles were narrative reviews[ 22 24 25 – 28 30 – 32 34 36 38 41 43 44 47 49 – 51 53 – 55 61 62 67 81 86 ...…”