Table of Contents

Section 1: Introduction
1: Anita M. Unruh and Patrick J. McGrath: History of pain in children
2: Bonnie Stevens and William Zempsky: Prevalence and distribution of pain in children
3: Suellen Walker: Long-term effects of early pain and injury: animal models
4: Ruth E. Grunau: Long-term effects of pain in children
5: M. Gabrielle Pagé, Anna Huguet, and Joel Katz: Prevention of the development and maintenance of paediatric chronic pain and disability
Section 2: Biological basis of paediatric pain
6: Suellen Walker and Mark Baccei: Nociceptive signalling in the periphery and spinal cord
7: David Vega-Avelaira and Simon Beggs: Neuroimmune interactions and pain during postnatal development
8: Maria Fitzgerald: Central nociceptive pathways and descending modulation
Section 3: Social and psychological basis of paediatric pain
9: Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Nicole M. Racine, Kenneth D. Craig, and Lauren Campbell: Psychological theories and biopsychosocial models in paediatric pain
10: Liesbet Goubert and Laura E. Simons: Cognitive styles and processes in paediatric pain
11: Ignasi Clemente: Pain in cultural and communicative contexts
12: Kathryn A. Birnie, Katelynn E. Boerner, and Christine T. Chambers: Families and pain
13: Paula Forgeron and Sara King: Pain, social relationships and school
14: Erin C. Moon and Anita M. Unruh: The effects of sex and gender on child and adolescent pain
15: Bruce Dick and Christine Chambers: Sleep and pain in children and adolescents
Section 4: Pain in specific populations and diseases
16: John Belew, Chantel C. Barney, Scott Schwantes, Dick Tibboel, Abraham J. Valkenburg, and Frank J. Symon: Pain in children with intellectual or developmental disabilities
17: Jennifer Hickman, Jaya Varadarajan, and Steven J. Weisman: Paediatric cancer pain
18: Greta M. Palmer and Franz E. Babl: Pain management in major pediatric trauma and burns
19: Anna Taddio: Needle procedures
20: Joseph P. Cravero: Procedural sedation
21: Suellen Walker: Neuropathic pain in children
22: Peter Chira and Laura Schanberg: Inflammatory arthritis and arthropathy
23: Neil Schechter: Chronic pain syndromes in childhood: one trunk, many branches
24: Jacqui Clinch: Non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain
25: Carlton Dampier and Lamia Barakat: Pain in sickle cell disease
26: Akshay Batra, Amanda Bevan and R.Mark Beattie: Pain and gastroenterological diseases
27: Richard F Howard: Postoperative pain management
28: Ross Drake and Renee McCulloch: Pain in palliative care
29: Jennifer Schurman, Craig A. Friesen and Amanda Drews Deacy: Recurrent abdominal pain
30: Susan L. Sager and Marc R. Laufer: Chronic pelvic pain in children and adolescents
31: Andrew D. Hershey: Headaches
32: Martha Mherekumombe and John Collins: Persisting pain in childhood medical illness
33: Ralph Berberich and Neil Schechter: Common pain problems
34: Robert M. (Bo) Kennedy: Effective management of children's pain and anxiety in the emergency department
Section 5: Measurement of pain
35: Grace Lee and Bonnie Stevens: Neonatal and infant pain assessment
36: Carl L von Baeyer: Self-report: the primary source in assessment after infancy
37: Jill MacLaren Chorney and C. Meghan McMurtry: Behavioural measures of pain
38: Susanne Brummelte, Tim Oberlander and Kenneth D. Craig: Biomarkers of pain: physiological indices of pain reactivity in infants and children
39: Ravi Poorun and Rebeccah Slater: The neurophysiological evaluation of nociceptive responses in neonates
40: Christiane Hermann: Sensory processing and neurophysiological evaluation in children
41: See Wan Tham, Anna C. Wilson, and Tonya M. Palermo: Measurement of health-related quality of life and physical function
Section 6: Pharmacological interventions
42: Kim Chau and Gideon Koren: Principles of pain pharmacology in paediatrics
43: Brian J Anderson: The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen
44: Gareth Hathway: Developmental pharmacology of opioids
45: Scott A. Strassels: Opioids in clinical practice
46: Navil Sethna, Pradeep Dinakar, and Karen Boretsky: Interventional pain management techniques for chronic pain
47: William Zemspky: Topical anaesthetics and analgesics
48: Sachin Rastogi and Fiona Campbell: Drugs for neuropathic pain
49: Denise Harrison, Vanessa Anselone, Janet Yamada and Mariana Bueno: Sucrose and sweet taste
Section 7: Psychosocial interventions
50: Deirdre Logan, Rachael Coakley, and Brittany Barber: Cognitive-behavioural interventions
51: Keith Slifer, Adrianna Amari and Cynthia Maynard Ward: Operant treatment
52: Chantal K. LeBlanc and Christine T. Chambers: Child life interventions in paediatric pain
53: Lindsey L. Cohen, Laura Cousins and Sarah Martin: Procedural pain distraction
54: Christina Liossi, Leora Kuttner, Chantal Wood and Lonnie Zeltzer: Hypnosis and relaxation
55: Jennifer Stinson and Lindsay Jibb: New information and communication technologies for pain
Section 8: Physical interventions
56: Susan M. Tupper, Mary Swiggum, Deb O'Rourke, and Mike Sangster: Physical therapy interventions for pain in childhood and adolescence
57: Liisa Holsti, Catherine Backman and Joyce Engel: Occupational therapy
58: Celeste Johnston and Marsha Campbell-Yeo: Mothercare for procedural pain in infants
Section 9: Special topics
59: Joy A. Weydert: Complementary drugs-herbs, vitamins, and dietary supplements for pain and symptom management
60: Lonnie K Zeltzer: Complementary therapy in paediatric pain
61: Janet Yamada and Alison Hutchinson: Theory-informed approach to translating pain evidence into practice
62: Mark Embrett and Norman Buckley: Organizational systems in paediatric pain
63: Alison Twycross and Susan O'Conner: Education for paediatric pain
64: Gary A. Walco and Maureen C. Kelley: The ethics of pain control in infants and children
65: Miriam O. Ezenwa and Anna Huguet: Sociodemographic disparities in pediatric pain management: relationships and predictors

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About the Author

Dr. McGrath, a clinical child psychologist has been a leading scientist in pain in children. His research on measurement, psychological mechanisms and treatment of pain has been focused on alleviating suffering. He has published 250 peer reviewed papers, 50 book chapters, 13 books and numerous patient manuals. His work has been recognized by numerous awards including being made Officer of the Order of Canada and election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He is currently a Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Canada Research Chair at Dalhousie University and Integrated VP Research and
Innovation at the IWK Health Centre and Capital District Health Authority. Bonnie Stevens (RN, PhD) is a Professor in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Toronto, and the Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Paediatric Nursing Research, Associate Chief Nursing Research and a Senior Scientist in the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children. She is also the Director of the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain,
the Co-Director of the Pain Centre at the Hospital for Sick Children, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Her research is focused on the assessment and management of pain in
infants and children, and the effectiveness of knowledge translation strategies. She is currently the PI of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Children's Pain investigating innovative interactive interventions for translating paediatric pain research into clinical practice in 32 hospital units in 8 paediatric hospitals across Canada. Suellen Walker is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at UCL Institute of Child Health and Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. Following specialist training in paediatric anaesthesia and Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, she obtained a Masters in
Pain Medicine and was a Foundation Diplomate of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. She subsequently completed an MSc and PhD in developmental neurobiology of pain in London. Dr Walker has contributed to evidence-based acute pain guidelines, and her current research interests include developmental analgesic efficacy and safety, long-term effects of pain in early life, and evaluating chronic pain states in children.

Reviews

`This is a unique book. There is no other that is as thorough and exhaustive in its discussion of comprehensive pain management in children. The breadth of discussion of chronic pain in children makes it a must read for all pain fellows, pediatricians, and pediatric intensivists.'
Doody's Notes
`Professionals in many different specialities will benefit from the book... a very thorough and comprehensive overview of pain problems in children and adolescents.'
Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association
`This textbook will justifiably become the reference textbook for health professionals involved in managing children with pain.'
Australian Pain Society