Numerous behavioral pain measures have been validated for young children, but none is
appropriate to assess pain in emergency departments (EDs), where caregivers need a …

The article reviews the problems of introducing ketamine for procedural sedation and
analgesia (PSA) in pediatric emergency medicine in the Great Britain. According to the …

Background: The phenomenon of forceful physical restraint in pediatric care is an ethical
issue because it confronts professionals with the dilemma of using force for the child's best …

Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is a standard of care for the management of acute
procedural pain and anxiety in the emergency department (ED). However, there is evidence …

Background Greater attention to and management of anxiety and pain in pediatric patients
signifies a healthy evolution in the care of children in emergency departments (EDs) …

Objective Large, mainly North American, series has shown the safety of paediatric
procedural sedation in the emergency department (ED). However, sedation practices …

Objectives To establish the safety of an intranasal diamorphine (IND) spray in children.
Design An open-label, single-dose pharmacovigilance trial. Setting Emergency departments …

For analgesia and sedation in the paediatric setting, intranasal medication is favourable for
several reasons, in particular ease of administration and rapid onset of action. A survey was …

Purpose Restraint is often used when administering procedures to children. However, no
metrologically scale to measure the restraint intensity had yet been validated. This study …

Background Superficial wounds that require suturing are often the reason children visit the
Paediatric Emergency Department. Suturing is usually accompanied by perilesional …