Abstract
Purpose of Review: Outpatient surgery in the pediatric population has become increasingly common. However, many patients still experience moderate to severe postoperative pain. A poor understanding of the extent of pain after pediatric ambulatory surgery and the lack of randomized control studies of pain management of the outpatient necessitate this review of scientific evidence and multimodal analgesia. Recent Findings: A multimodal approach to pain management should be applied to the ambulatory setting to decrease postoperative pain. These include non-pharmacological techniques, multimodal pharmacologics, and neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks. Summary: Postoperative pain management in pediatric ambulatory surgical patients remains suboptimal at most centers due to limited evidence-based approach to postoperative pain control. Pediatric ambulatory pain management requires a multipronged approach to address this inadequacy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 15-23 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Current Pain and Headache Reports |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Multimodal analgesia
- Opioid-sparing interventions
- Pediatric Ambulatory pain
- Pediatric outpatient surgeries
- Pediatric pain control
- Peripheral nerve blocks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine