Pain

Objectives:

1. Be comfortable with assessing pain and starting treatment, including opioids
2. Know side effects/risks of pain medications

Articles:

• UpToDate article: Evaluation and management of pain in children

Additional Resources:

• Learn about the Pathophysiology of Pain in this video from OpenPediatrics
• Here is a helpful Opioid Conversion Chart. Remember the golden rule, convert to morphine first! Opioid Conversion Chart
• For pain pathways for various clinical topics (eg appendicitis, migraines, chronic andominal pain) browse the various pain pathways on the CHOP clinical pathways site

Self-Assessment: coming soon!