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Pain Service
Our mission is to “
Stop Pain Hurting
”
The Pain Service at BC Children’s Hospital provides
expert
pain management for newborns, infants, children and youth
from across Canada.
The Pain Service includes the
Acute Pain Service
(APS) and the
Complex Pain Service
(CPS).
For information about APS and CPS:
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Acute and Complex Pain – what’s the difference?
Acute pain:
a protective mechanism that safeguards injured tissue from ongoing damage.
Complex pain:
a dynamic phenomenon caused by numerous changes occurring in the peripheral and/or central nervous system.
The changes of complex pain:
occur in response to disease, injury and/or loss of function;
are influenced by the nature, duration and original cause of the pain as well as the age, sex, psychological make-up and perhaps the genetic susceptibility of the child;
often result in abnormal activity in the pain messaging system that continues irrespective of the original cause;
are reversible initially, but without timely and appropriate management, the changes can persist.