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Podcast: Pediatrics Now: Cases Updates and Discussions for the Busy Pediatric Practitioner
Episode: Grand Rounds: When Kids Hurt: Modern Approaches to Chronic Pediatric Pain
Description: Link for CME Credit Coming Soon!
Holly Wayment welcomes grand rounds speaker  Dr. Maged Mina on chronic pediatric pain, presented by University Health’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital and UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Mina reviews his background in anesthesiology and pain management and his long-standing work with children.
The episode covers recognition and diagnosis of chronic pediatric pain (>3 months), common presentations (headaches, recurrent abdominal pain, musculoskeletal pain, CRPS, cancer- and sickle cell–related pain), and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach focused on functional restoration. Physical therapy (including aquatic therapy), behavioral therapies, hypnosis...