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Pearls for Pediatric Dermatologic Procedures

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Procedures for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes are commonplace in pediatric dermatology practices. Managing children undergoing invasive procedures requires minimizing pain and anxiety during the procedure while meeting the emotional needs of the child and family. As a guiding principle, pediatric dermatologists aim to avoid general anesthesia whenever possible, given the unresolved safety issues surrounding the sedation of young children and the potential risk of neurotoxic effects from anesthetic agents. This chapter reviews options for the safe and effective use of analgesics, sedatives, and anesthetics for the management of children requiring invasive procedures in both the office and outpatient surgical setting. Nonpharmacologic strategies for pain management, used alone or in combination with pharmacologic agents, are offered to avoid unnecessary sedation for procedures that traditionally required general anesthesia in children. This chapter also offers newer surgical techniques and regional anesthetic pearls for minimizing injected and procedure-related pain to be incorporated into your practice.

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    Latanya T. Benjamin

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  2. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

    Ann L. Marqueling

  3. Pediatric Dermatology, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, Florida, USA

    Latanya T. Benjamin

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Benjamin, L.T. (2017). Pearls for Pediatric Dermatologic Procedures. In: Teng, J., Marqueling, A., Benjamin, L. (eds) Therapy in Pediatric Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43630-2_26

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