Pedia Pain Focus
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsHosted by Dr. Anjana Kundu, it's the 1st podcast dedicated to pediatric pain, providing education and tools for all healthcare professionals dealing with children's pain issues. If you're a pediatric healthcare provider, this one is for YOU! The podcast brings you renowned experts from the field of pediatric pain, healthcare technology and business, policy makers, healthcare advocates and more to share their innovations, expertise, and experience in the field.
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#92. Is Physical Therapy, The Panacea of Chronic Pain?
January 12, 2023 05:48 - 53 minutes - 73 MBHave you ever had any of your patients say that they don't think physical therapy helps their pain? Or that the physical therapy made their pain worse? It would certainly not surprise me, if you said yes. And in that case, this is definitely is the episode you want to listen to carefully. And if your answer to my question was no, this is an episode for you too, my friend. Because sooner or later you too will join this elite club with rest of us. However, this episode will give you the fra...
#91. Mental Health and Pediatric Pain; Chicken or the Egg?
January 03, 2023 13:50 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBPain and mental illnesses coexist, often more than any of other illnesses. Both of them have a profound effect on a child's child’s quality of life, individually. Now imagine the magnitude of impact when they co-exist. In this episode, Dr. Anjana Kundu, with guest speaker Dr. Mirabelle Mattar, a child, and adolescent psychiatrist, discusses the intricate and dynamic relationship between pediatric pain and mental health, likely cause or affect and prognosis for a child with pain in th...
#90. Can We Prevent Pain from Becoming Chronic?
January 20, 2022 04:37 - 52 minutes - 54.1 MBAcute pain may be a protective and adaptive phenomenon, but chronic pain is nothing but damaging and a burden in every way possible and for all involved directly or indirectly. So how do we reduce or can we reduce burden? Join me in this episode to learn the factors that contribute to chronicity of pain and whether we can prevent it. Takeaways in This Episode Complexities of pain and its impact for the individuals and the society What differentiates acute from chronic pain and...
The Pain of Being a Redhead
December 04, 2021 11:47 - 32 minutes - 34.5 MBDid you know that redheads can tolerate more spicy foods than those with dark hair? This is supported by biology and genetics. Ask any anesthesiologist or a dentist and they'll tell you - often with a sigh, I might add - that taking care of redhead is can be challenging! The issue of pain perception, tolerance, response to pain and response to different classes of medications is a complicated and murky one when it comes to people with natural red hair. Join me in this episode to ...
#89. The Pain of Being a Redhead
December 04, 2021 11:47 - 32 minutes - 34.5 MBDid you know that redheads can tolerate more spicy foods than those with dark hair? This is supported by biology and genetics. Ask any anesthesiologist or a dentist and they'll tell you - often with a sigh, I might add - that taking care of redhead is can be challenging! The issue of pain perception, tolerance, response to pain and response to different classes of medications is a complicated and murky one when it comes to people with natural red hair. Join me in this episode to ...
#88. Pharmacovigilance to Evaluate Efficacy and Net Clinical Benefit in Pediatric Pain Medicine
November 16, 2021 05:44 - 51 minutes - 72.4 MBPediatric pain management is fraught with reasons that make it feel like we are operating blindfolded. Many treatments are used without clear indications or evidence specifically in this population. What if you had a way to study what you do in pediatric pain management, while you do it, would you embrace it? In this episode, Dr. Drake Ross, a specialty pediatrician at Starship Children’s Health in Auckland, New Zealand with training in pediatric pain and palliative care, shares with ...
87. Shifting the Paradigm in Pediatric Pain Medicine
November 07, 2021 17:49 - 46 minutes - 41.3 MBHow is it that when 1 in 3 school age children reports chronic or recurrent pain, yet we fail to ensure that there is adequate help available for these children? That our system ensure at least basic level of pain medicine training for healthcare professionals? These are a few of the questions we discuss in this episode, but more importantly we talk about how we CAN make a difference from wherever we are today, rather than waiting for someone else to invoke change and for something else t...
#86. Essential Elements of a Successful Patient Encounter
October 29, 2021 03:23 - 47 minutes - 51.5 MBTime pressure in today's healthcare visits is a reality. Increasingly there is more emphasis on value and efficiency in clinical care delivery. Meanwhile changing factors in healthcare delivery with shorter visit times, increasing amounts of required documentation for compliance, and the perceived quality and time spent with your patient and their family have added to the challenges that physicians and healthcare professionals face daily. Though it may not be possible to have the luxu...
#85. Pain Amongst Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
October 20, 2021 03:40 - 42 minutes - 45.1 MBHow does one reconcile the facts that DSM diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder includes pain insensitivity and a high pain threshold, while these children report that their clothes feel like sand paper and their fingers while shampooing feel like sharp metal? Join me in this episode to look at where the truth lies, with emerging evidence that helps us better understand the relationship between pain and ASD, what if anything is different about pain among children with ASD, and...
#84. Post-Concussive Headache and Symptom Management in Children
October 13, 2021 19:16 - 56 minutes - 78.5 MBIn this episode, Blake Windsor, MD a pediatrician with a subspecialty in training for pediatric pain medicine, and a board certified headache specialist discusses post concussive headaches and unique challenges it poses. Headache is the most common post traumatic or post concussive symptom. Even when a child is given the appropriate care, in many cases we find that they still experience post-concussive pain long after we expect them to recover. He points that often there is much confusion...
#83. Reengineering Pediatric Perioperative Care for Optimal Outcomes
October 05, 2021 23:11 - 51 minutes - 72.5 MBThis conversation with Marjorie Gloff, MD and Renee Robinson, DNP, APRN makes me convinced that the expression "Preparation is half the battle won" must have been coined with the idea of perioperative medicine and perioperative surgical home (PSH) in mind! They are the co-directors of the Center for Perioperative Medicine and Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. In this episode, they share ...
#82. Chronic Pediatric Pain in 2021: US Pain Foundation Report
September 29, 2021 03:35 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBChronic pain is often overlooked, and when it comes to children, it is even more so. The continued neglect of children's pain affects the ability to truly evaluate the extent of the problem and challenges these kids and their families face. The United States Pain Foundation, a pain advocacy organization, conducted a survey to assess how children with a pain diagnosis and their families experience chronic pain, what challenges and barriers they face and what they hope for in their pain...
#81. How to Choose the Right Pain Treatments?
September 22, 2021 04:11 - 39 minutes - 42.6 MBTreatment of pain is challenging to say the least. For one it is difficult to understand the complexity of the pain experience. This episode explains the components of nociception and the pain experience. It also examines the targets for pain control and thus provides comprehensive framework for choosing the right analgesic treatments! Takeaways in This Episode Components of Nociception How a noxious injury becomes a pain impulse The pain perception pathways Interpretation of p...
#80. Stop Treating Pain Like a Symptom!
September 17, 2021 23:00 - 34 minutes - 36.3 MBPain isn't simply a symptom of another disease or a result of another noxious or traumatic event. It's an independent entity in itself in majority of the situations. It's time we stopped approaching it with the Cartesian model framework. Join me in this episode to learn about how and when a pain can be considered a symptom and when it needs to be treated like any other independent chronic diagnosis, and why that is important. Takeaways in This Episode The reason(s) I am even talking...
#79. Pain Amongst Neonates, Infants and Young Children
September 09, 2021 00:13 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBThere's no better way to kick off September as the Pain Awareness Month than bringing you a conversation with Dr. Kanwaljeet S. Anand, whose research took the medical world by storm, even risking his license, as he sought out to answer the question of; what if we give children anesthesia and analgesia? I truly believe that he is the reason why my career as a pediatric pain and palliative care physician exists today and serves as an available path for many healthcare professionals. In th...
Remodeling Pediatric Pain Management in the Emergency Rooms
September 01, 2021 03:36 - 55 minutes - 65.4 MBWhen the gold standard for pain assessment is verbal report, children's pain assessment and management requires specific knowledge and understanding. Children at these important stages of growth create key memories-- and the last thing we need is a whole generation of children that associate getting medical attention with pain. Globally, when children come in to the emergency room, pain is a component of their presentation 50 to 80% of the time. As medical practitioners, prioritizing ...
#78. Remodeling Pediatric Pain Management in the Emergency Rooms
September 01, 2021 03:36 - 55 minutes - 65.4 MBWhen the gold standard for pain assessment is verbal report, children's pain assessment and management requires specific knowledge and understanding. Children at these important stages of growth create key memories-- and the last thing we need is a whole generation of children that associate getting medical attention with pain. Globally, when children come in to the emergency room, pain is a component of their presentation 50 to 80% of the time. As medical practitioners, prioritizing ...
78. Remodeling Pediatric Pain Management in the Emergency Rooms
September 01, 2021 03:36 - 55 minutes - 65.4 MBWhen the gold standard for pain assessment is verbal report, children's pain assessment and management requires specific knowledge and understanding. Children at these important stages of growth create key memories-- and the last thing we need is a whole generation of children that associate getting medical attention with pain. Globally, when children come in to the emergency room, pain is a component of their presentation 50 to 80% of the time. As medical practitioners, prioritizing ...
#77. Impact of Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program Part 2
August 24, 2021 23:45 - 41 minutes - 38.9 MBChronic pain in children can be a really serious condition and many of them may have a long journey to get where they need to be! Says Julia Wager, PhD, an accomplished pediatric pain psychologist and head of research department, at the German Paediatric Pain Center, Children's and Adolescents' Hospital Datteln, Germany. Join me for part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Wager to learn about the short and long term outcomes of intensive interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program for ...
#76. Impact of Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program Part 1
August 18, 2021 04:02 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBIn society and healthcare, people understand that kids with cancer do suffer pain, but people did not understand that children without an obvious somatic condition could suffer pain that really need treatment; says Julia Wager, PhD, an accomplished pediatric pain psychologist and head of research department, at the German Paediatric Pain Center, Children's and Adolescents' Hospital Datteln, Germany. Join me in conversation with Dr. Wager to hear about the necessity and impact of inten...
#75. Role of the Gut-Brain Axis in Pediatric Pain
August 10, 2021 23:25 - 36 minutes - 38.4 MBResearch in the past decade has demonstrated a complex, bidirectional communication between the central nervous system and the enteric nervous system; the Gut-Brain Axis (GBA). This knowledge has provided much more clarity on many of the chronic pain conditions which previously had been mislabeled, misdiagnosed and mismanaged for sure, often being relegated to the category of "in their head", like the Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Functional Abdominal Pain and many more! More importantly, ...
Asset or Liability? What you Need to Know about Herbs for Pediatric Pain Management
August 04, 2021 03:17 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBDr. Dhanu Sant, an integrative pediatrician and trained herbal and plant medicine specialist returns to discuss herbs for pain management to stress management, to their role as adaptogens and beyond. She discusses safe use of herbs for a variety of health conditions but specifically for pain management, along with misconceptions, caution and . She has dedicated her work to learning more about plant medicine and herbs to enhance the quality of care that she's providing for her pediatric...
#74. Asset or Liability? What you Need to Know about Herbs for Pediatric Pain Management
August 04, 2021 03:17 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBDr. Dhanu Sant, an integrative pediatrician and trained herbal and plant medicine specialist returns to discuss herbs for pain management to stress management, to their role as adaptogens and beyond. She discusses safe use of herbs for a variety of health conditions but specifically for pain management, along with misconceptions, caution and . She has dedicated her work to learning more about plant medicine and herbs to enhance the quality of care that she's providing for her pediatric...
#73. Nutrition, Supplements and Pediatric Pain
July 24, 2021 15:49 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBAsk Ashley Koff, RD, what she recommends as a healthy diet. Her answer? It’s always personal. When it comes to pediatric pain management, nutrition is both challenging and essential for our patients. And the idea of nutrition can be overwhelming, and contradictory, for healthcare professionals as well. My guest, an award winning expert dietician, is also a master at taking big, complex and overwhelming concepts and turning them into simple, bite sized pieces that are easy to understan...
#72. Real vs. Fake: The Look of Pain!
July 20, 2021 21:08 - 38 minutes - 33.4 MBWhat does pain look like? In today’s episode, I discuss different ways in which our biases and experiences can often overshadow the experience of the patient, impact clinician-patient encounters and the importance of context in every situation. Is there a specific look to pain? Have you ever wondered if a patient is exaggerating their pain? It is common for chronic pain sufferers to hear comments like, “But you look so normal, you can’t be in that much pain.” These comments can be esp...
#71 Acupuncture Rocks for Managing Pediatric Pain and Beyond with Clara Cohen!
July 13, 2021 17:12 - 1 hour - 106 MBDr. Clara Cohen experienced the magic of acupuncture from a young age when she was able to recover from scoliosis related pain as a child. She initially worked as a personal trainer, but felt a strong desire to help her clients in an even more impactful way. That’s when she discovered acupuncture. Now a doctorate of Traditional Chinese Medicine and in practice for 18 years, she offers the introduction to acupuncture as something that doesn't cure or treat anything! Her abundant p...
#70. Smoothing the Wrinkles of Pediatric Migraine and Botox
July 07, 2021 00:25 - 37 minutes - 36.2 MBWe all know of Botox use to reduce signs of aging. Approved in 2010 to treat migraines in adults, it’s now also being explored (as an off-label treatment) for management of pediatric migraines. In this episode, Dr. Shalini Shah, MD, MBA, the Vice-Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care and Enterprise Director of Pain Services at UC Irvine Health, shares their clinical and reseach findings, as well as the indications, caution, nuances, and protocol for use of bo...
Smoothing the Wrinkles of Pediatric Migraine and Botox
July 07, 2021 00:25 - 37 minutes - 36.2 MBWe all know of Botox use to reduce signs of aging. Approved in 2010 to treat migraines in adults, it’s now also being explored (as an off-label treatment) for management of pediatric migraines. In this episode, Dr. Shalini Shah, MD, MBA, the Vice-Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care and Enterprise Director of Pain Services at UC Irvine Health, shares their clinical and reseach findings, as well as the indications, caution, nuances, and protocol for use of bo...
#69. Changing the Culture of Pediatric Pain at Institutional Level
June 29, 2021 21:13 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBPediatric pain has been left on the back burner for decades now-- where many clinicians 30 years ago thought that infants did not feel pain. With the progress made, both in pain management and technology, it’s about time that we call institutions to shift the culture, so we can work towards making pain visible-- so we can provide comfort to children patients that they desire and deserve. In this episode, I’ve brought back Dr. Neil Schechter, to discuss his endeavor, ChildKind Internati...
#68 Advances in Management of Sickle Cell Disease
June 24, 2021 12:37 - 31 minutes - 46.4 MBpain is the most common and devastating symptom of Sickle Cell Disease. Despite the slow and elusive developement of therapeutic intervention in Sickle cell disease that would halt the vasocclusive crisis and the related pain, last few decades have brought about good progress with successful hemopoetic stem cell transplant as well as several therapeutic agents targeting various aspect of teh pathophysiliogy of SCD. In this episode, I review the 4 major targets in the pathophysiology of...
#67 Yoga in Pain Management: A Powerful Tool for Physical and Mental Well-being!
June 15, 2021 22:19 - 51 minutes - 62.4 MBYoga is much more than just a physical exercise. It's an ancient mind and body based practice that involves self-paced physical movement, meditation, and breathing techniques. Practicing Yoga can change your and your patient's life in ways you never imagined! An array of incredible benefits from yoga have become evident in healthcare, professional sports and our day-to-day lives promoting physical and mental well being. But how does it actually work? How does one heal through yoga? Wh...
#66 Priorities in Pediatric Pain Management
June 08, 2021 14:30 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBMany factors contribute to children's pain being under estimated, under-recognized and inadequately treated. Kathryn Birnie, PhD shares her work identifying the top priorities essential for improvement in pediatric pain management. Join me in this episode as she shares her patient-oriented research which includes them in priority setting and recognizing the areas where we need to focus on. Her work is grounded in empowering the disempowered; the pediatric pain patients and their caregiv...
#65 Creativity in Pediatric Pain Management
June 02, 2021 05:04 - 44 minutes - 44.1 MBDid you know that he pediatric pain patients rate feeling of isolation as the absolute worst thing, even above their pain? Georgia Weston, MSW, endured years of isolation as a teen, suffering through her chronic pain alone, feeling not being believed. Now, she’s the Executive Director of Creative Healing for Youth in Pain (CHYP), a nonprofit that helps youths suffering from chronic pain by focusing on creative healing experiences. We discuss her firsthand experiences with her own pain, her...
#64. Prevention and Management of Procedural and Needle Pain and Anxiety Among Children
May 24, 2021 16:26 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBEvery child inevitably would experience pain in the course of their life, but if not addresses appropriately, these experiences can have long-lasting and detrimental effects which carry into adulthood. What's even more remarkable is that healthcare experiences including what we do as part of healthcare as professionals is often a significant part of what causes pain and anxiety for children. Efforts to minimize distress, discomfort, pain and related anxiety should be a priority in heal...
Prevention and Management of Procedural and Needle Pain and Anxiety Among Children
May 24, 2021 16:26 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBEvery child inevitably would experience pain in the course of their life, but if not addresses appropriately, these experiences can have long-lasting and detrimental effects which carry into adulthood. What's even more remarkable is that healthcare experiences including what we do as part of healthcare as professionals is often a significant part of what causes pain and anxiety for children. Efforts to minimize distress, discomfort, pain and related anxiety should be a priority in heal...
#63. Integrative Pediatric Pain Management with Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer
May 17, 2021 14:01 - 58 minutes - 80 MBChronic pain is the result of dynamic interactions between psychological, biological, and social factors. In this episode, Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer, a veteran and pioneer of the best practices in pediatric pain medicine talks about the approaches you can take in assessing and treating complex chronic pediatric pain issues to ensure best outcomes! Dr. Zeltzer has shared her decades of experience, research and wisdom in this episode. It's like getting a masterclass in all you want to know abou...
#62. Metaphors for Better Pediatric Pain Management
May 11, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes - 39.2 MBMetaphors have long been used to explain complicated and unfamiliar subjects. Use of metaphors, especially in pain management lends itself naturally to improved understanding, patient empowerment, treatment engagement and ultimately better outcomes. In this episode, I review the concept of metaphors in pediatric pain management, along with giving you several metaphors to get you started right away, on the road to efficient and effective pediatric pain management. Takeaways in Th...
#61 Getting Out of Your Own Way to Success
May 04, 2021 16:00 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBHave you ever judged yourself even before letting anyone else even have a glimpse at your capabilities? Or talked yourself out of something that later you've felt you could've or should have done. You're not alone! As you'll hear Asha Padmanabhan, MD, FASA discuss how even the most accomplished professionals create labels and barriers for their own progress, often unwillingly and subconsciously. More importantly, though, she walks you through how to recognize when we do that and how to turn...
#60 Influence of Sleep on Peri-operative Pain Among Children
April 27, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBDr. Jennifer Rabbitts, MD a Board certified pediatric anesthesiologist and prolific pain researcher studies pain and health outcomes including the influence of sleep and other factors on pain outcomes in the short and long term. Sleep and pain have a bidirectional relationship, but it appears that sleep has the upper hand determining the sensitivity, intensity and duration of pain. Sleep as an important pillar of health, exerts its influence in many domains and many ways. In this episode...
#59. The Power and Perils of Social Media for Healthcare Professionals
April 20, 2021 18:40 - 52 minutes - 72 MBToday most of us conduct major chunks of our lives digitally and social media has now become a major tool for people to consume news, health information and even create community and connections. For us as physicians and Healthcare Professionals, this tool can connect us with peers from around the world to share information, collaborate, and make an impact, but it can also make or break our professional credibility, with or without our participation. Join me in conversation with Dr. Jay-S...
ERAS-Enhanced Recovery (but not just)After Surgery Enhances the Entire Patient Care Experience
April 13, 2021 15:20 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBThe highest goal in healthcare is to provide high-quality care, safe and effective care for our patients that facilitates the best possible outcomes be it after their surgery or any other part of their healthcare journey. Pain and its management is one of the top determinants of quality of care, speed of recovery and the patient/families satisfaction. Join me in this episode with Dr. Elizabeth Ross. MD as we talk about how ERAS (enhanced recovery after surgery) pathways have not just...
#58. ERAS-Enhanced Recovery (but not just)After Surgery Enhances the Entire Patient Care Experience
April 13, 2021 15:20 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBThe highest goal in healthcare is to provide high-quality care, safe and effective care for our patients that facilitates the best possible outcomes be it after their surgery or any other part of their healthcare journey. Pain and its management is one of the top determinants of quality of care, speed of recovery and the patient/families satisfaction. Join me in this episode with Dr. Elizabeth Ross. MD as we talk about how ERAS (enhanced recovery after surgery) pathways have not just...
#57 Coaching for Healthcare Professionals: Fad or Necessity?
April 07, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBSink or swim or trial and error may be acceptable strategies in some situations, but they are hardly applicable when considering a much needed radical transformation in culture of health and wellness. Instead what we need to adopt is what many other fields have clearly relied upon for going from good to great; Coaching! Somehow coaching has been conspicuously missing from a field that is high stakes, high stress and also high yield. Physicians, and clinicians for that matter, are left to...
#56. Making Pediatric Pain Matter: Delivering Transformative Action
March 29, 2021 05:30 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MBFrequent does not mean trivial and simple does not mean easy! Says Dr. Chris Eccleston, PhD, director Center for Pain and Research at the University of Bath. A primary goal of medicine is to relieve pain and suffering. Sadly though, this is poorly achieved, especially when it comes to pediatric patients, despite ample evidence for the detrimental longitudinal effects of poorly managed pain in kids. Children’s pain should also be prioritized, yet why is is so hard to do that? How then do w...
#55 Understanding Pediatric Neuropathic Pain
March 23, 2021 14:40 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBNeuropathic pain, especially in children can be extremely challenging to recognize and treat. Dr. Alyssa Lebel MD, a dually trained pediatric neurologist and pain physician, provides a step by step explanation of neuropathic pain across the pediatric age groups and provides practical tools for how healthcare professionals can recognize and treat it effectively. Takeaways in This Episode Dr. Lebel's personal connection to and her journey into becoming a pediatric neurologist and pain p...
Understanding Pediatric Neuropathic Pain
March 23, 2021 14:40 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBNeuropathic pain, especially in children can be extremely challenging to recognize and treat. Dr. Alyssa Lebel MD, a dually trained pediatric neurologist and pain physician, provides a step by step explanation of neuropathic pain across the pediatric age groups and provides practical tools for how healthcare professionals can recognize and treat it effectively. Takeaways in This Episode Dr. Lebel's personal connection to and her journey into becoming a pediatric neurologist and pain p...
#54. Schooling Kids During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
March 16, 2021 04:01 - 43 minutes - 41.5 MBCOVID-19 led to closure of nearly all schools in the United States, affecting more than 55 million students. Efforts to continue children's education have been highly variable, ranging from remote learning, hybrid and modified in-person instructions. Return to school safely for children and staff is being implemented, again variably. Along with the safety concerns, there are significant concerns about the disruption to the learning process, mental health, nutrition and even safety. I'm in ...
#53 Are You Making the Most of Your "Golden Half-Hour" With Your Pediatric Pain Patients?
March 10, 2021 04:30 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBDr. Neil Schechter, MD, shares what the patients and families report as the most important and helpful elements during their pain care visit and what they desire from clinicians. Additionally, he shares the practical tips to engage patients and families and how to effectively provide feedback during a pain evaluation even for the most complex patients. Takeaways in This Episode Dr. Neil Schechter's journey from developmental pediatrics to pediatric pain management. What parents of chil...
Are You Making the Most of Your "Golden Half-Hour" With Your Pediatric Pain Patients?
March 10, 2021 04:30 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBDr. Neil Schechter, MD, shares what the patients and families report as the most important and helpful elements during their pain care visit and what they desire from clinicians. Additionally, he shares the practical tips to engage patients and families and how to effectively provide feedback during a pain evaluation even for the most complex patients. Takeaways in This Episode Dr. Neil Schechter's journey from developmental pediatrics to pediatric pain management. What parents of chi...
Managing Pain in Pediatric Rare Diseases
March 03, 2021 07:01 - 32 minutes - 36.3 MBRare diseases are...well rare, but pain and suffering associated with them is not! It requires early recognition or even preempting the pain inoder to prevent development of chronic an drefractory pain. In commemoration of the International Rare Diseases Day, I bring you an episode focused on promptly identifying and managing the pain associated with pediatric rare diseases and the challenges associated with that. Takeaways in This Episode Why we should talk about rare diseases. ...