A multi-disciplinary team was organized to develop and implement a strategy to improve pediatric pain management. Leadership from the departments of pediatrics, neonatology, obstetrics and gynecology ...
Findings of a telehealth intervention for pediatric pain showed high rates of patient participation, satisfaction, and attainment of goals.
The appointment before she got her first intrauterine device, or IUD, Ana Ni’s doctor asked about her pain tolerance. Low, she said; medium, if she’s being generous. The clinic had just begun offering ...
Ami Claxton’s birth control method - an intrauterine device - expired 14 years ago. But she has been too scared to have it removed because of the excruciating pain she experienced the last time she ...
Countless patients have suffered through in-office gynecological procedures like IUD insertions or cervical biopsies, with nothing more than ibuprofen and white knuckles. Pain is complex and ...
On average, nearly four million annual surgical procedures in the U.S. are completed on pediatric patients. Despite this growing figure, surgical innovation has focused heavily on technologies for ...
Pectus excavatum occurs when the chest wall doesn’t form properly. This causes the cartilage connecting the sternum to the ribcage to grow abnormally, causing a concave appearance or indentation in ...