Evaluation of Postoperative Pain Management Using an Opioid-Sparing Protocol in Pediatric Surgical Patients

DISCUSSION: Among young patients who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy or cholecystectomy, the administration of opioids during hospitalization for postoperative pain was minimal. The opioid sparing protocol did not reduce the amount of inpatient postoperative opioids administered but found a decrease in the amount of opioids prescribed at discharge. The study findings identified further areas of intervention and education to optimize postoperative opioid prescribing after these common pediatric surgical procedures.PMID:34794319 | DOI:10.1177/00031348211054709
Source: The American Surgeon - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research