Abstract
Almost all children with burns experience pain as a result of a complex pathophysiologic process that is usually untreated, and up to 38% of all pediatric burn victims develop anxiety disorders due to pain after hospital admission. Hence, it is important to manage pain and anxiety in the care of burn victim children. The goal of this review was to develop an evidence-based guideline for procedural pain management and sedation for burned children undergoing wound care procedures. The review was reported according to Reporting Items for practice Guidelines in Healthcare (RIGHT) protocol. A search of literature was done from Cochrane review, PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, web of science and Hinari database key words "pediatrics", "children", "burn", "procedural wound care", "wound dressing", "non-pharmacological", "analgesia", "pain management" and "sedation" were used. Extraction and filtering of the results was determined based on the interventions, outcome, population, and methodological quality, and inclusion and exclusion criteria. Finally, 6 systematic review and meta-analysis, 1observational study, and 16 randomized control trial Studies were appraised for quality, and conclusion was made based on their level of evidence and grade of recommendation. For effective management of procedural pain and accompanying anxiety during WCP in children, we recommend using non-pharmacological strategies as an adjunct with calculated dose of analgesics based on the children's analgesic requirements. We also recommend ketamine-dexmedetomidine as an effective first-line analgesic-sedation, and ketamine-propofol, propofol-remifentanil, propofol-fentanyl, and ketamine-midazolam as useful sedative-analgesic options.
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