Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine

Better Care for Children in Pain

Society for Pediatric
Pain Medicine

Better Care for Children in Pain

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Welcome to the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM), a Society organized within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. The SPPM concept originated with directors and key leaders of acute and chronic pediatric pain medicine programs, who believed there was a need for a new society because of rapid advancement of highly specialized knowledge in the field, a great increase in the numbers of patients, and strong desire for collaboration and advocacy for infants, children, and adolescents with painful conditions.

Question of the Month – January 2020

Patricia Richardson, PhD
Pediatric Pain Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University

A 16-year-old girl presented with widespread musculoskeletal pain and headaches. Symptoms were treated with medication management and outpatient physical therapy (PT). Several months into follow-up, the patient was not making progress, continued to report elevated pain, and had stopped attending school. It was revealed that she was not taking prescribed medication or engaging in PT because she did not think these services would be helpful. Her life was further complicated by ongoing stress related to poor familial relationships and her parents’ impending divorce.

Addressing complex family dynamics that may be contributing to symptom presentation and undermining treatment progress

Supporting medication and physiotherapy adherence by developing intrinsic motivation for the patient to take medications as prescribed

Commence report to child protective services for parental medical neglect

Teach the child pain self-management techniques to directly reduce pain intensity

Support acquisition of academic accommodations (e.g. 504 plan or individualized education plan) that allow the patient to remain at school

Archived Questions of the Month

The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine is a professional organization dedicated to providing better care for children in pain, through clinical care, education, research and advocacy. We listened with interest to the NPR Invisibilia podcast “The Fifth Vital Sign”. We are encouraged to see that pediatric pain is receiving long overdue acknowledgement and attention. Your podcast has the power to influence the lives of millions as is evident from the response it has generated. When dealing with medical and health information it is imperative to represent the information in an accurate and objective manner backed by scientific facts. Personal interpretations and sensationalism run the risk of creating fear, alarm and unintended harm to the listeners. MORE

SPPM Education and Research Fund

The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine has developed the SPPM Education and Research Fund to ensure the growth of the educational and scientific discovery endeavors of the Society and to establish a solid foundation for its successful future as an entity dedicated to better care of children in pain.

SPPM leaders have all made donations to the fund. We are now asking our members for support. Any amount of support, large or small, will be accepted and we hope that you will support this worthy cause at ANY level.

Click here to donate today!

Question of the Month – January 2020

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