A one-day conference, Focus on Pediatric and Neonatal Pain , was held in St. John's, Newfoundland on September 23, 1998. A multidisciplinary group of 106 participants attended. Topics for the day included current issues in pediatric pain, pharmacotherapy in managing pain, cancer pain and palliative care issues, neonatal pain, procedural pain and facilitating change for improved pain management. The sessions were well received and the planning group hopes to maintain the momentum and enthusiasm achieved with a subsequent session in 1999. Using both retrospective and cross-sectional chart reviews and pain ratings by children hospitalized for surgical procedures during the data collection period, this study will document the practices of postoperative pain assessment and management at the Janeway Child Health Centre.
Data collection is complete and analysis is underway.
From basic science to clinical management. Transfer of knowledge in pain research to teaching in dentistry. Simon Fraser University. Harbourfront, West Hasting St., Vancouver. This symposium will bring together 22 experts in pain research and clinical management.