Citation:
Hii J, von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Sommerfield A, Sommerfield D. Perioperative pediatric tonsillectomy analgesia: A single-center review of practice and cost-effectiveness analysis. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021.
Keywords:
Cost-effectiveness; pain; pediatric anesthesia; perioperative; tonsillectomy
Abstract:
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common pediatric surgeries and results in considerable postoperative pain. Insufficiently managed pain is costly, risks physiological and psychological consequences with multi-modal analgesia widely recommended to minimize opioid-based agents. We determined adherence to multi-modal analgesia guidelines and assessed cost-effectiveness. We undertook a cross-sectional cohort study at a tertiary pediatric institution in Perth, Western Australia, retrospectively identifying selected patients undergoing tonsillectomy over two discrete periods of 6-week duration.
Perioperative pediatric tonsillectomy analgesia: A single-center review of practice and cost-effectiveness analysis
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common pediatric surgeries and results in considerable postoperative pain. Insufficiently managed pain is costly, risks physiological and psychological consequences with multi-modal analgesia widely recommended to minimize opioid-based agents. We determined adherence to multi-modal analgesia guidelines and assessed cost-effectiveness. We undertook a cross-sectional cohort study at a tertiary pediatric institution in Perth, Western Australia, retrospectively identifying selected patients undergoing tonsillectomy over two discrete periods of 6-week duration.