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Perioperative opioids in high-risk children undergoing tonsillectomy - A single institution experience.

Asher C ParkKathleen BillingsJohn MaddalozzoRichard DsidaHubert A BenzonJennifer LavinInbal Hazkani
Published in: American journal of otolaryngology (2024)
Intraoperative pain management varies across high-risk pediatric tonsillectomies. Opioid-free analgesia was not associated with an increased need for pain medications during PACU admission, or with a decreased likelihood of oxygen desaturations compared to intra-operative opioid analgesia use.
Keyphrases
  • pain management
  • chronic pain
  • patients undergoing
  • emergency department
  • young adults
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  • spinal cord
  • acute kidney injury
  • neuropathic pain