Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

 

A newly published network meta-analysis included 69 randomized controlled trials (4636 patients) that compared 10 regional analgesic techniques for the management of perioperative pain in pediatric patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair. Two techniques stood out that had: 1) the longest time to the first rescue analgesic and 2) the least rescue analgesic requirement for pediatric inguinal surgeries.

Follow this link to find out more!
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/9900/Analgesic_Effects_of_Regional_Analgesic_Techniques.489.aspx

 

A recently published study suggests that EEG can characterize subtle differences in heat and cold pain sensitivity in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Utilizing EEG and evoked pain can better detect underlying pain mechanisms and changes in pain sensitivity.

Read the full study here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/36601627/

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A case series has been published looking at a preliminary group of pediatric patients who received quadratus lumborum catheters as proxy for epidurals. All catheters functioned successfully and were in place for a median of 79.3 h. Other than early inadvertent removal of two catheters, no adverse effects were noted.

Read the paper here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9635806/pdf/jocmr-14-425.pdf