The Potential Impact on Children of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: Above All, Do No Harm

JAMA Pediatr. 2016 May 1;170(5):425-6. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0504.

Authors

Neil L Schechter¹, Gary A Walco²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts2Pain Treatment Service, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Departments of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle4Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle.

PMID: 26977702
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0504

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid*
Attitude of Health Personnel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Child
Chronic Pain*
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians'

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid