Pain in Children and Adolescents

Chapter 1. The History of Pain in Childhood. Introduction/The Evolution of a Concept of Pain and Disease/Childhood Pain Symptomatology and Treatment/Childrearing Beliefs and Practices/Summary. Chapter 2. The Nature of Pain . Introduction/Definition of Pain/Neuroanatomy of Pain/Gate Control Theory/Endogenous Opioids/Congenital Insensitivity to Pain/Developmental Factors/Psychosocial Factors/Teaching Children About Pain. Chapter 3. The Measurement and Assessment of Pain. Problems of Pain Measurement and Assessment/Components of Pain/Pain Assessment/Summary. Chapter 4. Perioperative and Postoperative Pain. Introduction/Perioperative Pain/Are Children Undermedicated Postoperatively?/Are Children Subject to Unnecessary Surgery?/Pharmacological Methods in Postoperative Pain/Physical Methods in Postoperative Pain/Age and Personality in Postoperative Pain/Do Parents Undermedicate in the Postoperative Period?/Clinical Guidelines for Perioperative and Postoperative Pain Relief. Chapter 5. Medically Caused Pain. Why Medically Caused Pain is Ignored/The Victims of Medically Induced Pain/Pain from Immunization/Heel Pricks/Intramuscular Injections/Lumbar Punctures/Pain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)/Pain in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Chapter 6. Abdominal Pain. Introduction/The Acute Abdomen/Recurrent Abdominal Pain Due to Known Medical Conditions/Recurrent Abdominal Pain of No Known Organic Cause. Chapter 7. Colic. What is Colic?/Theories of the Cause of Colic/Prevalence of Colic/Treatment of Colic/Long-Term Sequelae of Colic. Chapter 8. Headache. Introduction/Headache Due to a Transient Illness/Pathological Headache/Headache Secondary to Head Trauma/Migraine and Its Variants/Muscle Contraction Headache/Sinus Headache/Psychogenic Headache/Impact of Headache on Child and Family. Chapter 9. Musculoskeletal Pain. Introduction/Juvenile Arthritis/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Limb Pains/Other Orthopedic Pain. Chapter 10. Cancer Pain. Introduction/Prevalence of Pediatric Cancer Pain/Management of Pain from Treatment/Management of Pain from the Disease/Special Issues. Chapter 11. Other Medical Pain. Introduction/Ear Pain/Eye Pain/Phantom Limb Pain/Genitourinary Pain/Chest Pain/Rectal Pain/Oral Pain/Blood Disorders. Chapter 12. Injuries. Introduction/Accidental Injuries/Sports and School Injuries/Intentional Injuries: Child Abuse. Chapter 13. Chronic Intractable Pain. Introduction/Definition of Chronic Intractable Pain/Factors Influencing Chronic Intractable Pain/Management of Chronic Intractable Pain/Effects on the Child of Chronic Intractable Pain/Effects on the Family of Long-Term Pain/Pharmacological Treatment. Chapter 14. Psychogenic Pain. Introduction/Diagnostic Criteria/Etiology/Treatment. Chapter 15. Ethics. Introduction/Ethics in Clinical Practice/Ethics in Pediatric Pain Research. Chapter 16. Service and Research in Pediatric Pain. Introduction/Service Delivery/Generalist Approach/Overcoming Prejudices/Research.