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#67 Yoga in Pain Management: A Powerful Tool for Physical and Mental Well-being!

Pedia Pain Focus - June 15, 2021 22:19 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Yoga 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 benefi...

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#66 Priorities in Pediatric Pain Management

Pedia Pain Focus - June 08, 2021 14:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Many 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 res...

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#65 Creativity in Pediatric Pain Management

Pedia Pain Focus - June 02, 2021 05:04 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Did 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 Creat...

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#64. Prevention and Management of Procedural and Needle Pain and Anxiety Among Children

Pedia Pain Focus - May 24, 2021 16:26 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Every 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 he...

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Prevention and Management of Procedural and Needle Pain and Anxiety Among Children

Pedia Pain Focus - May 24, 2021 16:26 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Every 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 he...

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#63. Integrative Pediatric Pain Management with Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer

Pedia Pain Focus - May 17, 2021 14:01 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Chronic 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 ...

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#62. Metaphors for Better Pediatric Pain Management

Pedia Pain Focus - May 11, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Metaphors 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 o...

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#61 Getting Out of Your Own Way to Success

Pedia Pain Focus - May 04, 2021 16:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Have 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 ...

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#60 Influence of Sleep on Peri-operative Pain Among Children

Pedia Pain Focus - April 27, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Dr. 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 ...

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#59. The Power and Perils of Social Media for Healthcare Professionals

Pedia Pain Focus - April 20, 2021 18:40 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Today 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 ...

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ERAS-Enhanced Recovery (but not just)After Surgery Enhances the Entire Patient Care Experience

Pedia Pain Focus - April 13, 2021 15:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
The 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,...

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#58. ERAS-Enhanced Recovery (but not just)After Surgery Enhances the Entire Patient Care Experience

Pedia Pain Focus - April 13, 2021 15:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
The 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,...

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#57 Coaching for Healthcare Professionals: Fad or Necessity?

Pedia Pain Focus - April 07, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Sink 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 fro...

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#56. Making Pediatric Pain Matter: Delivering Transformative Action

Pedia Pain Focus - March 29, 2021 05:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Frequent 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 pediatr...

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#55 Understanding Pediatric Neuropathic Pain

Pedia Pain Focus - March 23, 2021 14:40 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Neuropathic 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 h...

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Understanding Pediatric Neuropathic Pain

Pedia Pain Focus - March 23, 2021 14:40 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Neuropathic 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 h...

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#54. Schooling Kids During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Pedia Pain Focus - March 16, 2021 04:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
COVID-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 staf...

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Are You Making the Most of Your "Golden Half-Hour" With Your Pediatric Pain Patients?

Pedia Pain Focus - March 10, 2021 04:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Dr. 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 ...

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#53 Are You Making the Most of Your "Golden Half-Hour" With Your Pediatric Pain Patients?

Pedia Pain Focus - March 10, 2021 04:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Dr. 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 ...

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Managing Pain in Pediatric Rare Diseases

Pedia Pain Focus - March 03, 2021 07:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Rare 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...

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#52 Managing Pain in Pediatric Rare Diseases

Pedia Pain Focus - March 03, 2021 07:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Rare 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...

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#51. Digital Interventions for Self Management of Pediatric Pain

Pedia Pain Focus - February 24, 2021 06:06 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, use of digital technology in healthcare has become commonplace, but Dr. Tonya Palermo, PhD has spent more than 2 decades researching and developing digital interventions for management of children's pain. In this episode she discusses the origin and development of ...

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Stepping Up Pain Care Efforts for the African American Patients

Pedia Pain Focus - February 16, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Up to 50 percent of medical professionals, like the lay people, believe there are biological differences between the Caucasian and African-American patients' bodies when it comes to pain perception. How much of that is truth and how much is myths and misconceptions is debunked in this episode. ...

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#50. Stepping Up Pain Care Efforts for the African American Patients

Pedia Pain Focus - February 16, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Up to 50 percent of medical professionals, like the lay people, believe there are biological differences between the Caucasian and African-American patients' bodies when it comes to pain perception. How much of that is truth and how much is myths and misconceptions is debunked in this episode. ...

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#49. Putting Pain Care Skills in Your Patients and Families' Hands

Pedia Pain Focus - February 10, 2021 14:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Treatment interventions based in psychology form the mainstay of pain management, particularly for children's pain. Yet, these may not receive the due priority and/or many not be easily accessible for patients and families. Use of psychological based treatments for pain may inadvertently create ...

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Making Best Pain Care Everywhere Achievable.

Pedia Pain Focus - February 01, 2021 19:49 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Appropriate and timely pain care, especially for children, is a necessity and every clinician's responsibility. Yet our training system fails to provide the clinicians with those necessary skills and tools. In this episode, Dr Tracy Harrison, MD from the Mayo Clinic, discusses the importance, kn...

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#48. Making Best Pain Care Everywhere Achievable.

Pedia Pain Focus - February 01, 2021 19:49 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Appropriate and timely pain care, especially for children, is a necessity and every clinician's responsibility. Yet our training system fails to provide the clinicians with those necessary skills and tools. In this episode, Dr Tracy Harrison, MD from the Mayo Clinic, discusses the importance, kn...

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Reliving or Relieving Children's Pain?

Pedia Pain Focus - January 27, 2021 06:52 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
For most clinicians thinking about policy conjures up images of legislative or regulatory work that goes on "over there", but the truth is that our daily work is the very foundation of the policies. How we conduct the business of our daily work drives the quality, safety, evidence and ultimately...

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#47. Reliving or Relieving Children's Pain?

Pedia Pain Focus - January 27, 2021 06:52 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
For most clinicians thinking about policy conjures up images of legislative or regulatory work that goes on "over there", but the truth is that our daily work is the very foundation of the policies. How we conduct the business of our daily work drives the quality, safety, evidence and ultimately...

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Why This is the Right Time to Hone Your Pediatric Pain Care Skills!

Pedia Pain Focus - January 20, 2021 02:50 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Appropriate pain management is a key driver for both the patient's and healthcare professional's satisfaction. With the recent healthcare crisis and changes to how outcomes and patient satisfaction is evaluated, pain care skills have become paramount. Pediatric pain management impacts every he...

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