[Position document of the spanish association of paediatrics group for the study of paediatric pain on the recording of pain as fifth vital sign].

[Position document of the spanish association of paediatrics group for the study of paediatric pain on the recording of pain as fifth vital sign]. An Pediatr (Barc). 2019 Jun 04;: Authors: Leyva Carmona M, Torres Luna R, Ortiz San Román L, Marsinyach Ros I, Navarro Marchena L, Mangudo Paredes AB, Ceano-Vivas la Calle M, en representación del Grupo Español para el Estudio del Dolor Pediátrico (GEEDP) de la AEP Abstract The Spanish Group for Children's Pain Study was created in 2017 in an aim to prevent, remove or reduce pain in neonates, infants, children, and adolescents. Along with a diagnosis of pain, a paediatric patient may suffer from acute or chronic pain, neuropathic, nociceptive, or mixed pain, as well as pain from procedures, and post-surgical pain. Pain suffering is too often ignored and not diagnosed. As a result of this, pain prevention and pain treatment fails. Acute pain prevalence in scientific literature is estimated to be between 22% (procedures pain) and 77% (pain on patients in emergency departments and in hospital wards). Furthermore, up to 30% of children could suffer from chronic pain during their childhood. Among the barriers detected in pain management are: difficult assesment caused by a lack of unity in pain registry, difficuties due to the choice of an assessment pain scale (according to age and type of pain), and the absence of training in the management and interpretation of these pain scales. Additio...
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