Compact Clinical Guide to Infant and Child Pain Management

Linda L. Oakes, MSN, RN-BC, CCN is Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Research Associate in the Patient Care Services Division at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.Yvonne D'Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS, is the Pain and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner at Suburban Hospital- Johns Hopkins Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.

• Section I: Overview of pain in infants and children Section II: Common medications for managing acute and chronic pain Chapter 3: Non-opioidsChapter 4: OpioidsChapter 5: Co-analgesics (adjunct medications); neuropathic pain Section III: Neuroaxial methods for managing pain Chapter 6: Epidural Chapter 7: Peripheral nerve blocks Section IV: Nonpharmacologic methods of pain management Chapter 8. Common: relaxation and distractionChapter 9: Guided imagery and hypnotherapyChatper 10: Physical approaches: heat, cold, exercise, massage, sucrose Section V: Integration of methods of treatment Chapter 11: Multi-disciplinary approachChapter 12: Role of parents as coaches Section IV: Special treatment considerations for pain including impact on the family Chapter 13: Needle-related procedures: local anesthetic administration methodsChapter 14: Managing Pain in Critically ill infants and childrenChapter 15: Managing Pain in Terminally ill patients including role Section V: Managing common pain conditions Chapter 16: Postoperative PainChapter 17: Pain Associated with Trauma including amputationChapter 18: Cancer Pain: acute and chronic Chapter 19: Sickle cell disease Pain Tables and Appendices Pain Assessment Scales Dosing Guidelines for Nonopioid analgesics Dosing Guidelines for Initiation of Opioids Equianalgesic Conversion Table Medications to Prevent or Relieve Opioid-induced Constipation Management of Needle-related Pain Examples of pain diaries/role of the family References and Selected Websites

I would recommend this great little book for nurses who wish to carry a book with them in their clinical practice. It's a great addition to the growing list of books addressing pain in pediatrics.- Pediatric Pain Letter;""[This book] is a practical guide to pediatric pain assessment and management for the advanced practice nurse and primary caregivers who are interested in caring for patients with pain, but whose care specialty is not pain management. For the nurses whose specialty is pain management, this text provides a quick pediatric reference of our knowledge and tools of our trade. Even though it is a 'compact guide,' this text is well referenced with current key position statements, clinical practice guidelines, and primary references of the latest pediatric pain management research.""- Pain Management Nursing