How can we improve pain management in children?
(WorldNews Health)

“If we cannot reconcile all opinions, let us endeavor to unite all hearts.” — Nicholas Vansittart Early in my medical training, we were taught that infants didn`t have fully developed neurological systems and couldn`t feel pain. Painful procedures were done without anesthetics. However, functional MRI studies show the same brain areas that react to pain in adults are active in infants, who may actually feel pain even more intensely. This includes premature babies that often may have a half dozen or more neonatal intensive care unit procedures daily. Parents are partners to...