Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

Drs. Rita Agarwal, Vidya Chidambaram and Stephen Hays were featured in an article and podcast on the well known KevinMD platform regarding JAMA Surgery’s published guidelines on opioid use for acute pain management.  CLICK HERE to review these guidelines and letter to the editor. 

CLICK HERE for the podcast.

 

YC Lin – Springer

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YC Lin – Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room, – Springer

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Psychiatric Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Pain

By Souraya Torbey, MD; Gaëlle Rached, MD, MSc; Dimitri Fiani; M-Irfan Suleman, MD, FAAP, FASA

Dr. Suleman, an active member of our Society, was recently published in the ASA Monitor, a publication of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, reviewing the psychiatric co-morbidities that are often seen in pediatric patients with chronic pain. Follow link to read this fascinating article: https://pubs.asahq.org/monitor/article-abstract/85/5/25/115632/Psychiatric-Considerations-in-Pediatric-Chronic?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Welcome to the Monthly SPPM Visual Pearls! This NEW feature from the SPPM is aimed at educating clinicians, researchers, psychologists, and allied health practitioners interested in pediatric pain management.

The Visual Pearls will rotate between a variety of topics such as:

• Regional Anesthesia Techniques – New Equipment, Focus on POCUS, Beyond Catheters, New Local Anesthetics and Adjuncts, ERAS, Safety
• Interventional Pain Management Techniques – Acupuncture, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Physical Therapy Yoga, Biofeedback, Complementary Medicine
• Sustainable Anesthesia
• Global Health
• Education
• Wellness
• Work Life Balance
• Humor
• And more!

CLICK HERE for more information and to view the June 2021 Visual Pearl!