Management of Chronic Pain in Adolescents and Children: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Child Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2024 | Viewed by 2143
Special Issue Editor
Interests: headache; paediatric neurology; migraine; pain
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Dear Colleagues,
Chronic pain conditions in paediatric patients include several disorders, such as headache, low back pain, hypermobility, chronic fatigue, abdominal pain, fibromyalgia, and complex regional pain syndrome. The experience of pain is likely to be distressing for both the child and their family when it is not well understood.
The management of diseases associated with chronic pain is often a challenge for clinicians treating children, as many of the pharmacological treatments available in this regard are based on adult data. Moreover, pharmacological treatments are not always applicable and are not effective in all patients. We have little evidence on direct experiences with children. The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect data and direct experiences of doctors and researchers who treat chronic pain in childhood. In particular, attention is given to studies on more recent and innovative pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. Contributions on the global management of the patient and their families and on the impact that chronic pain can have on their quality of life are also very important.
Considering the success and popularity of the Special Issue “Management of Chronic Pain in Adolescents and Children” previously published in the journal Children (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/Management_Chronic_Pain_Adolescents_Children), we are now releasing a Second Issue, aiming to gather original research papers and review articles focused on pain in children.
Dr. Laura Papetti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- communication
- pain
- pre-operative
- surgery
- post-discharge
- hospitalization
- procedural pain
- neurobiology
- treatment
- child/children
- adolescent
- parents
- chronic
- fatigue