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Comfort positioning during procedures in pediatric dermatology.

Meliha SkaljicAndrea McGinnisJenna L Streicher
Published in: Pediatric dermatology (2020)
Procedures performed in pediatric dermatology can often be painful or distressing for patients and their families. Comfort positioning, which involves sitting the child upright, immobilized and held by a caretaker, is one strategy that may be employed in this setting; this measure has been shown to reduce patient distress, improve cooperation and give caretakers a more active role in the procedure. We demonstrate several positions of comfort for dermatologic procedures involving the arm, cheek, back and leg of a young child.
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