1. Pediatric and emergency medicine resident comfort assessing and treating pediatric pain across pediatric age groups.
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Paul A, Demissie S, Schmidlein PJ, and Romanos-Sirakis E
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- Humans, Child, Emergency Medicine, Infant, Child, Preschool, Adolescent, Surveys and Questionnaires, Clinical Competence, Emergencies, Internship and Residency, Pain diagnosis, Pain Management, Pediatrics, Physicians psychology
- Abstract
Aim: Assess pediatric and emergency medicine (EM) resident comfort treating and assessing pediatric pain. Materials & methods: Pediatric and EM residents at a single institution (SIUH Northwell Health in New York) completed an anonymous survey 6 months into the academic year regarding comfort assessing and treating pediatric pain. Results: A total of 40 (16/24 EM and 24/24 pediatric) residents completed this survey: 20% (8/24) pediatric first year residents, 40% (16/40) pediatric second year and above, 20% (8/40) EM first year and 20% (8/40) EM second year and above. A 46% (11/24) pediatric and 12% (2/16) EM residents were comfortable assessing neonatal pain (p < 0.05). A 38% (9/24) pediatric residents were comfortable treating neonatal pain compared with 12% (2/16) EM residents (p < 0.05). Both resident groups reported increasing comfort assessing and treating pain with increasing patient age. Conclusion: Both residents groups reported limitations in comfort assessing and treating pediatric pain, especially in younger patients. Education for both groups is important to optimize pediatric pain management.
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- 2023
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