Open AccessFactors Associated With Recovery Room Intravenous Opiate Requirement After Pediatric Outpatient Operations
Author(s) -
Olubukola O. Nafiu,
Amy Thompson,
Srinivas Chiravuri,
Benjamin H. Cloyd,
Paul I. Reynolds
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003701
Subject(s) - pacu , medicine , post anesthesia care unit , perioperative , oxycodone , ambulatory , anesthesia , opioid , logistic regression , emergency medicine , surgery , receptor
Many children recovering from anesthesia experience pain that is severe enough to warrant intravenous (IV) opioid treatment within moments of admission to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Postoperative pain has several negative consequences; therefore, preventing significant PACU pain in children is both a major clinical goal and a moral/ethical imperative. This requires identifying patient-level and perioperative factors that may be used to predict PACU IV opioid requirement. This should allow for the development of personalized care protocols to prevent clinically significant PACU pain in children. Our objective was to develop prediction models enabling practitioners to identify children at risk for PACU IV opioid requirement after various painful ambulatory surgical procedures.