Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

Dr. Jennifer Stinson’s team from SickKids, Toronto has published a scoping review on age and sex differences in neuropathic pain and CRPS in the pediatric population. The review found that there is a gap in data for younger children with these conditions as most studies involve adolescents. 

Follow the link to read the paper: https://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/abstract/2024/07000/age_and_sex_differences_in_pediatric_neuropathic.5.aspx

 

Hypnosis is a valuable tool to help ease anxiety and pain. A new study compared addition of lidocaine to propofol with expert hypnosis during IV cannulation and induction with propofol, and found that hypnosis alone, using the “magic glove” technique was effective!

Link to the study: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/doi/10.1111/pan.14909

Link to Dr. Leora Kuttner’s magic glove method: https://pediatric-pain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The_Magic_Glove12.pdf

A recent RCT studied the effectiveness of ultrasound guided QL blocks versus epidural block for abdominal surgery in the pediatric population, and found that QL blocks were equally effective in providing analgesia when looking at opioid consumption and pain scores.

Follow the link to read the full study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11107015/pdf/12871_2024_Article_2548.pdf

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