Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Messerer, B; Meschik, J; Gutmann, A; Vittinghoff, M; Sandner-Kiesling, A.
Postoperative pain assessment in special patient groups: part II. Children with cognitive impairment.
SCHMERZ. 2011; 25(3): 256-265.
Doi: 10.1007/s00482-011-1061-0
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Messerer Brigitte
- Sandner-Kiesling Andreas
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Gutmann Anton
- Meschik Jutta
- Vittinghoff Maria
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- Abstract:
- Postoperative pain assessment in children with cognitive impairment poses major challenges to healthcare professionals.Children with moderate to severe cognitive impairment are generally unable to communicate effectively and to self-report the level of pain. Difficulties assessing pain have led to their exclusion from clinical trials and rendered them vulnerable to insufficient treatment of pain.The realization of pain is a particularly important step forward for a better care of children with cognitive impairment.Scales based on a child's own perception of pain and its severity play a limited role in this vulnerable population and pain assessment tools which rely on observing pain behavior are essential. The r-FLACC, which is reliable and valid, includes specific behavioral descriptors and can be used simply and effectively postoperatively in clinical practice. Our task has to be assessing pain as a routine procedure in cognitively impaired children as a keystone for an improved and successful pain management in this very sensitive patient population.
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- Child -
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- Child, Preschool -
- Female -
- Humans -
- Infant -
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- Intellectual Disability - psychology
- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal -
- Male -
- Nonverbal Communication -
- Pain Measurement - methods
- Pain, Postoperative - classification Pain, Postoperative - diagnosis Pain, Postoperative - therapy
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- Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods
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- Verbal Behavior -
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- Pain
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