Regional Anesthesia for Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Vascular Malformations
A team from UPMC Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh has published their experience with the use of regional anesthesia to treat pain related to embolization and sclerotherapy of vascular malformations in pediatric patients. Their positive findings are found here in the full paper: https://doi.org/10.3390/children11030368
Third Annual Pediatric Pain Warrior Family Summer Camp
A summer camp is now open for applications that may be of interest to your patients living with chronic pain. This five-day summer camp will take place from June 23 to June 27, 2024, at Morgan’s Camp in San Antonio, Texas. The camp is designed for pediatric pain warriors and their families to come together, […]
IV Dexamethasone Does Not Prolong Pudendal Nerve Blocks
A new randomized control trial published in Pediatric Anesthesia was designed to investigate the benefit of intravenous dexamethasone for enhancing the effect of pudendal block on postoperative analgesia in children who underwent hypospadias surgery. Follow the link for full results! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pan.14805
Core Outcomes in Pediatric Persistent Pain
Dr. Tonya Palermo has shared a website on the Core Outcomes in Pediatric Persistent Pain that summarizes her team’s recently completed work funded by the Mayday Foundation to update a core outcome set in pediatric persistent pain and to recommend measures for the outcome domains. This is of importance to members who conduct research in […]
Results – January 2024 Poll of the Month
The results for the January 2024 Poll of the Month are now available. CLICK HERE for more information!