Despite these recommendations and the need for standardization, new instruments/tools are continuously being developed, validated, and published for the assessment of pain (Hjermstad et al, manuscript ...

Currently used pain assessment tools may be underestimating the pain response in infants according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine this week. Dr Slater and colleagues ...

This systematic review of infant pain assessment tools was undertaken by the first author, as part of a 12-week Leadership Fellowship awarded by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO ...

Neonatal pain assessment and management presents a challenge for clinical staff worldwide. Over 40 rating scales have been developed and adapted worldwide assessing different parameters and ...

An Israeli wearable technology for quantifying pain has been included in newly updated “Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the ...

Pain assessment in medicine often relies on imprecise visual rating scales featuring smiling or crying faces, frustrating patients and physicians alike. Children's National Hospital researchers ...