Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has developed a new method for measuring pediatric pain levels using novel facial pattern recognition software.
The researchers used the software to analyze pain-related facial expressions from video taken of 50 youths, ages five to 18 years old, who had undergone laparoscopic appendectomies at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. Based on the analysis, along with clinical data input by the study team, the software provided pain level scores for each participant.
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Researchers claim that the current methods by which we analyze pain in kids are suboptimal.
"In this study, we developed and tested a new instrument, which allowed us to automatically assess pain in children in a clinical setting. We believe this technology, which enables continuous pain monitoring, can lead to better and more timely pain management," said senior author Jeannie Huang, MD, MPH, a professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and a gastroenterologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego.
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Huang said controlling pain is important, not only for the child's comfort, but also for recovery. But, several issues, particularly age-related communication difficulties, make existing pediatric pain assessment methods problematic, said Huang.
"The current gold standard for measuring pain is self-reporting. But in pediatrics there is a limited population of kids who can answer that question in a meaningful way," she noted.
The study was published online June 1 in the journal Pediatrics.
Source: Medindia
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Huang said controlling pain is important, not only for the child's comfort, but also for recovery. But, several issues, particularly age-related communication difficulties, make existing pediatric pain assessment methods problematic, said Huang.
"The current gold standard for measuring pain is self-reporting. But in pediatrics there is a limited population of kids who can answer that question in a meaningful way," she noted.
The study was published online June 1 in the journal Pediatrics.
Source: Medindia
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