The Pediatric Pain Letter is published three times a year (February, June, and October) and serves as an important platform for advancing pediatric pain research and practice. The October 2025 issue of the Pediatric Pain Letter (Vol. 27, No. 3) features members of the Stanford pediatric pain team. This open-access publication provides peer-reviewed commentaries on […]
QUESTION OF THE MONTH/VISUAL PEARLS/POLLS OF THE MONTH
NOVEMBER 2025 QUESTION OF THE MONTH
Question Authors: Katherine Banks, MD - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Anushree Doshi, MD - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Question Editor: Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAP - Stanford University
A 15-year-old, 50 kg female with a right upper lobe mass presents for lobectomy via open thoracotomy. She has a history of anxiety and depression. As part of a multimodal analgesic regimen, her anesthesiologist plans to perform an ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block. Which of the following complications is most likely?
A. Epidural hematoma
B. Intravascular injection of local anesthetic
C. Failed block
October 2025 VISUAL PEARL
Contributors: Alvina Rosales, PhD – Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Alexis Yetwin, PhD – Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Abid Haque, MD
Editor: Genevieve D'souza, MD, FASA - Stanford University School of Medicine
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