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Title: Acute Pain Management in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Operative and Medical Procedures, Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians, AHCPR Publication Number 92-0020

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Department/Agency Name: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)

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Local Subject Term: US Federal GILS

Abstract: This guide contains excerpts from the Clinical Practice Guideline on acute pain management. The guide outlines elements of assessing and managing postoperative and procedure-related pain, institutional responsibility for managing acute pain, pain assessment tools, and dosage charts for analgesics. A flow chart shows the sequence of activities for pain assessment and management; a chart displays the child and parent forms for obtaining pain experience history.

Purpose: This guide provides clinicians with a practical and flexible approach to acute pain assessment and management.

Agency Program: This product represents one facet of AHCPR's mission to improve the access, quality, effectiveness, and outcomes of health care.

Availability: This product has been removed from distribution as out of date. It is maintained online for archival purposes only.
Distributor Name: Health Services Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
Organization: AHCPR/National Library of Medicine
Network Address: nichsr@nlm.nih.gov
Order Process: This guide is available through the internet and through a number of online retrieval systems, including GratefulMed, Gopher, FTP, and Mosaic.
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Control Identifier: AHCPR 92-0020

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Department/Agency Name: AHCPR

Date of Last Modification: 20020909