The latest clinical guidelines for pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) by the Society of Critical Care Medicine cover the recommendation on crucial domains of PICU care. This includes pain prevention and management, sedation, agitation, iatrogenic withdrawal, neuromuscular blockade, delirium, PICU environment, and early mobility. Here, we focus on pain assessment and management recommendations in PICU patients.
Pain assessment in critically ill pediatric patients Pharmacological management of pain in critically ill pediatric patients Non-pharmacological management of pain in critically ill pediatric patients These guidelines represent a list of practical clinical recommendations for assessing, preventing, and managing pain in critically ill pediatric patients, forming the key aspects of the comprehensive critical care of infants and children. These guidelines also highlight the need…
