The Effect of Intraoperative Methadone During Pediatric Cardiac Surgery on Postoperative Opioid Requirements.

CONCLUSION: Use of intraoperative methadone appears to be a reasonable alternative to the use of fentanyl with potential other benefits both intra- and postoperatively of decreased total dose of opioids and other sedatives. Future studies will assess for any improvement in total postoperative opioid requirements during the total hospital stay, and potential use of methadone by the ICU team.
PMID: 32365412 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - May 3, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Barnett AM, Machovec KA, Ames WA, Homi HM, Turi JL, Koo J, Fuller M, Jooste EH Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research