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Development of Pain Systems

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The assessment of pain intensity traditionally relies on analgesic scoring methods that utilize self-reporting. This is not applicable in the preterm infant and newborn. In this vulnerable population, pain behavior guides assessment.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Ingrid A. Fitz-James Antoine MD & Karina Gritsenko MD

  2. Departments of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Veronica Carullo MD, FAAP

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  1. Ingrid A. Fitz-James Antoine MD
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  3. Veronica Carullo MD, FAAP
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Correspondence to Karina Gritsenko MD .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Antoine, I.A.FJ., Gritsenko, K., Carullo, V. (2017). Development of Pain Systems. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_3

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