MeSH: Chronic Pain
Buprenorphine for chronic pain in a pediatric patient with sickle-cell disease
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Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is an inherited hematologic disorder characterized by the presence of sickle-shaped red blood cells (RBC). 1 Misshapen RBCs are rigid, which leads to occlusion of blood vessels resulting in tissue ischemia and pain. Pain can manifest as acute, intermittent episodes (vaso-occlusive crises [VOC]), chronic pain, or acute-on-chronic pain. 1 Buprenorphine is a…
Caregiver-Child Discrepancies in Reports of Child Emotional Symptoms in Pediatric Chronic Pain
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OBJECTIVE: Pediatric chronic pain evaluation includes self-reports and/or caregiver proxy-reports across biopsychosocial domains. Limited data exist on the effects of caregiver-child discrepancies in pediatric pain assessment. In children with chronic pain, we examined associations among discrepancies in caregiver-child reports of child anxiety and depressive symptoms and child functional impairment. METHODS: Participants were 202 children (Mage=14.49 ± 2.38 years;…