Now Available – Use of Lidocaine Infusions for Pain Management Perioperatively Round Table
This Round Table, hosted by the SIG: Creating and Maintaining Pediatric Acute Pain Services, we learn from three experts who will share their clinical experience, research, and protocols for the use of lidocaine infusions for pain at their respective institutions. The goal of this discussion is to review the evidence for the perioperative risks and benefits […]
FDA Approves First Test to Help Identify Elevated Risk of Developing Opioid Use Disorder
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first test that uses DNA in assessing whether certain individuals may have an elevated risk of developing opioid use disorder (OUD). The test, AvertD, intended to be used prior to first exposure to oral opioid pain medications in patients being considered for a 4-30 day prescription for the […]
Perioperative Regional Anesthesia Pain Outcomes in Children: A Retrospective Study of 3,160 Regional Anesthetics in Routine Practice
SPPM members from Stanford University recently published a retrospective study in The Clinical Journal of Pain, analyzing pediatric regional anesthesia from 2014-2021 and their perioperative outcomes. Follow this link to the study and their results: https://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/abstract/9900/perioperative_regional_anesthesia_pain_outcomes_in.135.aspx
Regional Anesthesia and Sickle Cell Crisis in Pediatric Patients
A recent review published in Pediatric Anesthesia discussed the current evidence supporting the use of regional anesthesia in sickle cell disease patients who are experiencing acute pain crisis. Given the challenges in controlled sickle cell disease pain, this study is worth a look. Follow link for the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pan.14801
Does Preoperative Mental Health Diagnosis Affect Pain Outcomes in Scoliosis Patients?
A new retrospective study published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics has found that patients with preoperative mental health diagnosis, when compared to a control group, had significant differences in opioid consumption and duration of opioid use after surgery. Follow the link for the study: https://journals.lww.com/pedorthopaedics/abstract/2024/01000/does_a_preoperative_mental_health_diagnosis_affect.11.aspx