Healthcare Utilization and Costs Among Pediatric Patients with Chronic Postsurgical Pain after Major Musculoskeletal Surgery
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
Multimodal Continuous Ambulatory Erector Spinae Catheter Pain Protocol for Early Recovery Following Nuss Procedure: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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
Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Prescribing
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 […]
Addiction Treatment ECHO Seeks Participants
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 […]
HEAL Initiative: Advancing Health Equity in Pain and Comorbidities
NIH’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative to speed scientific solutions to the national opioid public health crisis has announced The NIH HEAL Initiative bolsters research across NIH to (1) improve treatment for opioid misuse and addiction and (2) enhance pain management. NIH has a funding announcement for this purpose, Letters of Intent (strongly […]