The international CHANGE PAIN physician survey: does specialism influence the perception of pain and its treatment?
Pain reduction and improvement in quality of life are the most important treatment goals. Wide variation in treatment indicates that no single drug is particularly good for managing chronic pain, and suggests that current treatment is not evidence-based. Differences between the groups imply that first-line treatment is more cautious and conventional. The key limitations of this survey include its small sample size, informal implementation and lack of detail regarding the respondents surveyed.
Concordance between eGFR and CCr in pediatric patients with a unilateral kidney should be assessed separately from that in patients with bilateral kidneys. In restricting calculation of eGFR to pediatric patients with bilateral kidneys and adult patients without little muscle mass, eGFR may be useful regardless of whether patients are receiving chemotherapy.