The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) aims to advance the quality of anesthesia care and the alleviation of pain-related conditions in children.
The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Quality and Safety Committee developed the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Time-Out Checklist, consisting of 14 safety items intended to be reviewed by an anesthesia team prior to a regional anesthetic.
Full paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pan.15069
Congratulations to several SPPM members who recently published in Anesthesia and Analgesia on trends in management of acute pain for idiopathic scoliosis in the pediatric population. Notably, the study found 24% incidence of chronic postsurgical pain.
Read the full study here: https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/fulltext/9900/multi_institutional_study_of_multimodal_analgesia.1093.aspx
One center published their results with the addition of lidocaine infusions to treat acute sickle cell pain with positive results and patients requesting infusions in subsequent admissions. Promising results that would benefit from future studies!
Full study here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pbc.31458
Congrats to SPPM members Dr. Amber Borucki, Dr. Jamie Kitzman and Dr. Rita Agarwal on their publication in Anesthesia and Analgesia on behalf of our Society on substance use disorders in adolescents and young adults.
Read the paper here:
SPPM 13th Annual Meeting
March 12, 2026
Sheraton Denver Downtown
Denver, CO