Chronic pain-related consultations to the emergency department of children with complex pain conditions: A retrospective analysis of healthcare utilization and costs.

Michelle Stoopler Manon ChoinièreAnnabelle NamAndré GuiguiLaurel WalfishNada MohamedMarie VigourouxVictor-Hugo González-CárdenasPablo Ingelmo

Published in: Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur (2022)

Children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions had fewer chronic pain-related ED consultations within 1 year after the first evaluation by an interdisciplinary center for complex pain, contributing to reduced ED costs.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
emergency department
pain management
healthcare
young adults
general practice
spinal cord injury
drug induced
adverse drug
neuropathic pain