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pain Management Authors: David R Patterson PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Helma Hoflund RN, SCRN, MScN, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi; Kathy Espey RN, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; Sam Sharar MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Washington; Nursing Committee of the International Society for Burn Injuries Introduction Controlling pain presents a challenge from initial emergency room care through the rehabilitation phase of care. Burn pain is very likely the most difficult form of acute pain to treat from any type of etiology. Not only is the type of tissue damage with a burn injury likely to generate unusually high levels of pain , the nature of standard burn care is likely to worsen whatever pain is present.

3 of burn pain and analgesia are not always comparable, with nursing staff typically underestimating the need for analgesic therapy. Opioids Opioid agonists are the most commonly used analgesics in the treatment of burn pain, in part because i)

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