Michael J McNeil, Ximena Garcia Quintero, Miriam Gonzalez, Yawen Zheng, Cecilia Ugaz Olivares, Roxana Morales, Erica Boldrini, Débora Rebollo de Campos, Daiane Ferreira, Kamalina Coopasamy, Joliza Caneba, Maria Louisa Padernilla, Stefan Friedrichsdorf, Justin N Baker, Paola Friedrich
Introduction : Children with cancer experience significant pain and anxiety during needle-based procedures. Undertreated pain in children has long-lasting consequences and reduces the efficacy of subsequent analgesic efforts. A validated quality improvement (QI) intervention, known as the "Children's Comfort Promise", includes (1) topical anesthetics, (2) sucrose or breastfeeding for infants, (3) comfort positioning, and (4) distraction techniques, and has been shown to be highly effective in decreasing procedural pain and anxiety in children...
March 1, 2024: Cancers