Revisión de las escalas de valoración de la intensidad del dolor pre y posquirúrgico en pacientes de edad escolar, y su impacto en el manejo del dolor

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Abstract: The overall objective of this studywas to reviewthe bibliographic information of the validated scales used in the assessment of the intensity of pre-surgical pain in school-age patients and their impact on the proper management of pain.The methodology for the development of this research, was based onthe search and review of various articles published between 2011 and 2021, using reliable and specialized databases such as: Google Scholar, Scopus, Trip, Pubmed and ClinicalTrials.gov. Atotal of ten articles were analyzed with the following conclusion:the most effective pain scales for assessing the pain intensity of school-age children at the pre-surgical and post-surgical level are the analogous visual scale, numerical rating scale and facial pain scale, their impact is reflected in good preoperativecontrol, decreased post-surgical pain , orientation to correct analgesia that corresponds to the degree of pain and decreased impacts of chronic pain in the future.