TY - JOUR T1 - Emergency analgesia in the paediatric population. Part I Current practice and perspectives JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 4 LP - 7 DO - 10.1136/emj.19.1.4 VL - 19 IS - 1 AU - S C Maurice AU - J J O'Donnell AU - T F Beattie Y1 - 2002/01/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/1/4.abstract N2 - Children frequently present to the accident and emergency (A&E) department in pain. Most presentations are acute, but children with pain of longer duration also present. Children also often undergo painful procedures in A&E in the process of diagnosis or treatment. These papers review recent literature to examine factors involved in the provision of emergency analgesia in the paediatric population. This will include a discussion of current practice and make recommendations for future management of children's pain and anxiety in the A&E department. Part I: Current practice and perspectives. Part II: Pharmacological methods of paediatric analgesia. Part III: Non-pharmacological methods of pain control and anxiolysis. Part IV: Paediatric sedation in accident and emergency. ER -