Acute gingivostomatitis in children: Epidemiology in the emergency department, pain, and use of codeine before its restriction.

CONCLUSIONS: Acute gingivostomatitis is a relative frequent reason for PED visits, and the pain and feeding difficulties that it elicits are a real challenge. Before codeine restriction, this medication played a major role in the analgesic strategy for this disease. It is essential that analgesic regimens at least as effective as codeine replace it. Morphine combined with paracetamol or the association of ibuprofen with paracetamol are options that are recommended by the French National Health Authority (HAS).
PMID: 30638927 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Archives de Pediatrie - January 10, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: de Suremain N, Guedj R, Fratta A, Franclin A, Loschi S, Aroulandom J, Carbajal R Tags: Arch Pediatr Source Type: research