Epidemiology of paediatric pain-related visits to emergency departments in the USA: a cross-sectional study.

Jana L AndersonLucas Oliveira J E SilvaShealeigh A FunniM Fernanda Bellolio Molly Moore Jeffery

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

Pain is the reason for visit in 55.6% of paediatric ED visits across the USA. The prevalence of pain-related visits peak before adolescence and it continues relatively high until the age 18. Injury, racial disparities in pain and poor pain score reporting should remain major topics of study in the paediatric population.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
emergency department
risk factors
depressive symptoms
healthcare
spinal cord
spinal cord injury