Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

A new systematic review has an updated look at existing studies assessing chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) in children. Despite this update, the conclusions remain vague due to a variety of issues in the reviewed studies. 

Follow the link for the study: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pan.14918

 

Dr. Christine Chambers and team have published a new systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic pain in the pediatric population in the journal Pain.  Similar to previous studies, chronic pain in this population was found to be at 20.8% with headache and musculoskeletal pain being the most common pain presentations.

Follow the link to read the full study: https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003267

The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network (SPAIN) group has published their latest study looking at regional anesthesia for ACL reconstruction in adolescents. The study found substantial variability in the use of blocks to manage pain in children, with a small percentage experiencing long-term pain and neurological symptoms.

Follow the link to read the fully study and findings: https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2024/04/18/rapm-2024-105381

A team from UPMC Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh has published their experience with the use of regional anesthesia to treat pain related to embolization and sclerotherapy of vascular malformations in pediatric patients.

Their positive findings are found here in the full paper: https://doi.org/10.3390/children11030368