Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

Meier et all has recently published a case series looking at robotic pyeloplasty in the pediatiric population utilizing a pathway that included caudal single injection block, acetaminophen and ibuprofen. Patients were not given an opioid prescription at discharge and none were seen within the 30 day postoperative period due to pain.

Follow the link to the study: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epub/10.1089/end.2022.0263

 

Dr. Doralina L. Anghelescu et al have published a retrospective study examining regional anesthesia for pediatric patients who undergo amputation/limb sparing surgery and whether particular techniques help decrease chronic postsurgical pain. SPOILER: one method showed significantly decreased rates of chronic postsurgical pain of a neuropathic nature. Follow the link for free access to the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cnr2.1719

The DEA would like patients to know about the opportunity to dispose of unwanted, unused medications on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 10am-2pm, and they can go to https://www.dea.gov/takebackday#collection-locator to find a location near their home.

 

September is Pain Awareness Month, a time to raise public awareness of issues in the area of pain and pain management for children and adolescents. Our president, Dr. Robert Wilder, shares a message (below) for Pain Awareness as pain continues to be an issue that impacts the pediatric population.

#PedsPain & #PainAwarenessMonth

September was proclaimed as National Sickle Cell Awareness Month by President Joseph Biden in 2021. Complementary Therapies in Medicine has published a special issue to commemorate National Sickle Cell Awareness Month with several articles that would be of interest for pain practitioners.

CLICK HERE for the special issue.