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Pedia Pain Focus

Oct 26, 2020

“In 2030, there will be 21 million children who will be turning 18, and approximately half a million of those will have chronic disabling pain that will last, oftentimes throughout the majority of their adulthood.” This statement is quite alarming, and also shows how important it is to improve pediatric pain care...


Oct 19, 2020

When a child with pain does not get timely or appropriate treatment, it makes pain more refractory to treat and often makes the patients and their families feel hopeless, underserved, or mistrusted by the healthcare system.

 

Pediatricians as the first point of contact (and defense) for all healthcare, with trusted and...


Oct 12, 2020

In these trying times, it is not uncommon to observe more emotional distresses, anxiety, depression, and grief from the inability to go out and engage with people. Given that, how can working with children  around their pain be further improved? Not only in helping them in dealing with their physiological pain but also...


Oct 6, 2020

Dr Whitaker is a pediatric anesthesiologist at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurological Sciences, & Pediatrics at The University of Vermont College of Medicine. His clinical interests lie in the anesthetic care of neonates and in spinal anesthesia for...