Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

Dr. Vidya Chidambaran and colleagues have written a thought provoking opinion piece in a recent issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, regarding the use of cryoablation for management of acute perioperative pain in pediatric patients undergoing pectus excavatum repair. Given the lack of data with this widely used technique, are we moving too quickly?

CLICK HERE to read the editorial.

 

SPPM Member, Dr. John Hagen and an experienced team of pediatric anesthesiologists have recently launched Baby Blocks, a free online resource dedicated to pediatric regional anesthesia. This is the first website dedicated to regional anesthesia for children and teens and includes detailed information on nerve blocks with ultrasound images, anatomy, and safety information. Peruse the website here: https://www.baby-blocks.com/

 

 

The pain team at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in the UK has released a wonderful youtube animation video that explains pain relief to children and young people. It covers how the team manages pain, the types of pain medicine  used and side effects. The animation is currently available only in English with subtitles. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/jV3G7voqOho

 

A new scoping review investigates facts that influence assessment of postoperative pain in pediatric patients with cerebral palsy.

One pain assessment scale was found to be most suitable for postoperative pain assessment, read on for more info: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.15259

A study published in Pain looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with chronic pain.

Read study here:  https://journals.lww.com/pain/Fulltext/9900/The_impact_of_the_coronavirus_disease_2019.54.aspx#