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Assessing Pediatric Pain Takes a Child-Size Approach


 

EXPERT OPINION FROM A SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY

• Interdisciplinary treatment is recommended for pediatric pain whenever possible. Such teamwork can pull together experts in medication support and interventional pain procedures as well as such nonpharmacologic methods as pain education, pain coping skills training, family counseling, physical therapy, acupuncture, and massage.

Dr. Connelly reported research grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and the Arthritis Foundation and Mayday Foundation.

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