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According to the latest reports, researchers have discovered a new technique to measure the pain levels of kids. With the use of novel facial pattern recognition software, doctors would be able to assess the exact pain levels of children.
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As per a report published in Times of India, Jeannie Huang, professor, San Diego School of Medicine has revealed that they have developed a new instrument, which enabled them to assess pain in children in a clinical setting, automatically.
He further believes that the pain monitoring technology would help doctors to ensure more timely pain management as controlling pain is necessary for the child's comfort as well as for recovery. The newly introduced software was used by the researchers to read pain-related facial expressions from videos taken of 50 patients aged between five to 18 years , who underwent laparoscopic appendectomies at Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego.
The software provided pain level scores for each participant based on the analysis and clinical data input by the research team. |
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