Pediatric pain management

Santhanam Suresh; Patrick K Birmingham; Ryan J Kozlowski

doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2011.12.003

Pediatric pain management

Anesthesiol Clin. 2012 Mar;30(1):101-17. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2011.12.003. Epub 2012 Jan 18.

Authors

Santhanam Suresh¹, Patrick K Birmingham, Ryan J Kozlowski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. ssuresh@childrensmemorial.org

PMID: 22405436
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2011.12.003

Abstract

Regional anesthesia has become an integral part of adult anesthesia. Although not routinely used in children because of the need for general anesthesia that is necessary to keep the patients from moving and cooperating with the operator, regional anesthesia has been gaining immense popularity in the last decade. Although there is not much objective evidence, large prospective databases and expert opinion have favored administering regional anesthesia in the asleep child safely because major neural damage has not been reported in children. This review discusses a comprehensive approach to acute pain management in infants, children, and adolescents using regional anesthesia.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Pain / therapy
Analgesia, Epidural / methods
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled / methods
Anesthesia, Conduction / adverse effects
Anesthesia, Conduction / methods*
Child
Humans
Nerve Block / methods
Pain Management / methods*
Pain Measurement