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. 2020 Jul 23;46(1):101.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00858-9.

COnsensus on Pediatric Pain in the Emergency Room: the COPPER project, issued by 17 Italian scientific societies

Franca Benini  1 , Ilaria Corsini  2 , Emanuele Castagno  3 , Davide Silvagni  4 , Annunziata Lucarelli  5 , Luca Giacomelli  6 , Angela Amigoni  7 , Gina Ancora  8 , Marinella Astuto  9 , Fabio Borrometi  10 , Rosa Maria Casilli  7 , Elena Chiappini  11 , Renato Cutrera  12 , Arianna De Matteis  13 , Giuseppe di Mauro  11 , Anna Musolino  14 , Andrea Fabbri  15 , Federica Ferrero  11 , Martina Fornaro  16 , Michele Gangemi  16 , Paola Lago  8 , Francesco Macrì  17 , Luca Manfredini  18 , Luigi Memo  19 , Annamaria Minicucci  20 , Paolo Petralia  20 , Nicola Pinelli  21 , Roberto Antonucci  22 , Silvia Tajè  23 , Emiliano Tizi  9 , Leo Venturelli  11 , Stefania Zampogna  14 , Antonio F Urbino  3
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COnsensus on Pediatric Pain in the Emergency Room: the COPPER project, issued by 17 Italian scientific societies

Franca Benini et al. Ital J Pediatr. .

Abstract

In the pediatric setting, management of pain in the emergency department - and even in common care - is a challenging exercise, due to the complexity of the pediatric patient, poor specific training of many physicians, and scant resources.A joint effort of several Italian societies involved in pediatrics or in pain management has led to the definition of the PIPER group and the COPPER project. By applying a modified Delphi method, the COPPER project resulted in the definition of 10 fundamental statements. These may represent the basis for improving the correct management of children pain in the emergency department.

Keywords: Emergency department; Law 38/2010; Pediatric pain.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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