PedPalASCNET maintains a collection of articles related to pediatric palliative care.
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The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) aims to advance the quality of anesthesia care and the alleviation of pain-related conditions in children.
PedPalASCNET maintains a collection of articles related to pediatric palliative care.
Follow this link for the latest citation list:
An interesting study looking at a sample of pediatric patients without serious comorbidities undergoing their first elective major musculoskeletal surgery at a specialty pediatric hospital in the northwestern United States and the healthcare costs associated with the development of chronic postsurgical pain.
Link to article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.14402
Cincinnati Children’s, led by SPPM board member Dr. Vidya Chidambaran, has published a study describing their multimodal protocol for NUSS procedure incorporating erector spinae catheters. LOS was decreased while maintaining adequate analgesia, allowing postoperative opioid tapering and avoiding increased readmissions. Read the study here for more! https://rapm.bmj.com/lookup/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=35086901
The CDC announces the opening of a docket to obtain comment on the proposed clinical practice guideline, CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids—United States, 2022 (the clinical practice guideline).The clinical practice guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for clinicians who provide pain care, including those prescribing opioids, for outpatients age 18 years and older with acute pain (duration less than 1 month), subacute pain (duration of 1–3 months), or chronic pain (duration of 3 months or more), not including sickle cell disease related pain management, cancer pain treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care.
To view the actual draft proposal, please visit here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CDC-2022-0024/document and download the “Draft_CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids”
The AAP will host a Project ECHO learning collaborative on addiction treatment in pediatric settings. The goal of this ECHO is to increase pediatric provider knowledge and capacity to treat substance use disorders in a medical home setting, with a focus on opioid use disorder. For more information, click here. This ECHO will meet on the first and third Thursday of the month from March through June 2022. Register here.
SPPM 11th Annual Meeting
April 11, 2024
Anaheim Marriott
Anaheim, CA
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Meeting Registration – early registration rates through March 22, 2024
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