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Ambulatory Pain Management in the Pediatric Patient Population

Jodi-Ann Oliver1, Lori-Ann Oliver1, Nitish Aggarwal2

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.

Current Pain and Headache Reports
|February 7, 2022
PubMed

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Pediatric ambulatory surgery patients often have significant postoperative pain. A multimodal pain management strategy, including non-pharmacological methods and nerve blocks, is essential for effective pain control in pediatric outpatient surgery.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Pain Management
  • Ambulatory Surgery

Background:

  • Pediatric outpatient surgery is increasingly common.
  • Moderate to severe postoperative pain affects many pediatric patients.
  • Current understanding of pain extent and management strategies is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review scientific evidence on pain management after pediatric ambulatory surgery.
  • To highlight the need for multimodal analgesia in this population.
  • To address the inadequacy in current pediatric ambulatory pain management.

Main Methods:

  • Review of scientific evidence on pain management.
  • Analysis of multimodal analgesia approaches.
  • Focus on non-pharmacological techniques, pharmacologics, and nerve blocks.

Main Results:

  • A multimodal approach is recommended for ambulatory settings.
  • Effective strategies include non-pharmacological methods, pharmacologics, and nerve blocks.
  • Pain management remains suboptimal due to limited evidence-based practices.

Conclusions:

  • Pediatric ambulatory pain management requires a multipronged approach.
  • Multimodal analgesia is crucial to decrease postoperative pain.
  • Improving evidence-based pain control is necessary for pediatric surgical patients.
Abstract

Keywords:
Multimodal analgesiaOpioid-sparing interventionsPediatric Ambulatory painPediatric outpatient surgeriesPediatric pain controlPeripheral nerve blocks

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