Impact of a revised postoperative care plan on pain and recovery trajectory following paediatric tonsillectomy

CONCLUSIONS: Despite extensive changes to our discharge protocols parents continued to report a prolonged period of pain, PONV and behavioural changes. Further work is required to examine barriers to compliance with simple analgesia and education in appropriate methods of opioid disposal.PMID:33788340 | DOI:10.1111/pan.14187

Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - March 31, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Claudia Lagrange Catherine Jepp Lliana Slevin Thomas Fe Drake-Brockman Paul Bumbak Haley Herbert Britta S von Ungern-Sternberg David Sommerfield Source Type: research