The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) aims to advance the quality of anesthesia care and the alleviation of pain-related conditions in children.
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.
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.
SPPM has launched an official YouTube channel where our latest videos including our popular Visual Pearl series are available for easy access and education.