The use of opioids in children receiving intrathecal baclofen therapy.
Giuliana RizzoLeonardo BussolinLorenzo GenitoriAnna ZiccaAndrea MesseriMatteo LengeFlavio GiordanoPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2019)
The findings of the current study suggest that children on chronic intrathecal baclofen therapy require lesser amounts of opioids for postoperative pain control and are at a greater risk of developing postoperative respiratory depression and excessive sedation compared to patients without baclofen therapy.