Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

A new systematic review published in Anesthesia & Analgesia by Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar’s group at Johns Hopkin’s Children’s Centre examines the effects of intraoperative methadone for postoperative pain control. Although the studies had methodological issues, it was noted that there was decreased consumption of opioids in the first 24 hours postoperatively compared to patients receiving other shorter-acting opioids or pain management strategies. 

Read the full paper HERE

Are you a health professional who treats kids with chronic pain?  Researchers at The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) would like to understand more about your clinical experiences in a 15-minute survey 

Participate here: https://t.co/071uD1wMw0

 

Gabapentin continues to be used routinely for perioperative analgesia often as part of ERAS protocols. A new paper reviews the evidence via a scoping review.

Read the paper here:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pan.14674

SPPM is honored to have Debra C. Patrizi PT, DPT, PCS join the SPPM Board as our physiotherapy liaison. Debra lives in the San Francisco bay area with her husband, two daughters, and three grandchildren. Her youngest daughter is a Pediatric Rheumatologist 3rd year fellow and works in the area of pediatric pain as well! Debra graduated from Northwestern and received her DPT from University of the Incarnate word. She has worked at Lurie Children’s in Chicago and what used to be Rehabilitation Institute in Chicago. She now works for Kaiser Permanente Northern California leading new initiatives of care for Pediatric Rehabilitation.  Welcome Debra!

 

A new website, Youngpainhealth, has been launched by a team of experts from Australia, with the aim of supporting young people’s musculoskeletal pain self-management and clinician co-care. The website was co-designed (design and content) with young people 16-24 years and clinical interdisciplinary experts.

Follow the link for this excellent, free resource: https://youngpainhealth.com.au/