Perioperative opioids aggravate obstructive breathing in sleep apnea syndrome: mechanisms and alternative anesthesia strategies

JP Mulier - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Perioperative opioids aggravate obstructive breathing in sle... : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Perioperative opioids aggravate obstructive breathing in sleep apnea …

Pain management of pediatric musculoskeletal injury in the emergency department: a systematic review

S Le May, S Ali, C Khadra, AL Drendel… - Pain Research and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Pain management for children with musculoskeletal injuries is suboptimal and,
in the absence of clear evidence‐based guidelines, varies significantly. Objective. To …

Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients before, during, and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: update 2016

CJ Cote, S Wilson - Pediatric dentistry, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The safe sedation of children for procedures requires a systematic approach that includes
the following: no administration of sedating medication without the safety net of …

Codeine: time to say “no”

JD Tobias, TP Green, CJ Coté, R Agarwal… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
Background Codeine (3-methylmorphine) is a naturally occurring methylated morphine that
has seen widespread clinical use for> 50 years as an analgesic and an antitussive agent …

Pharmacogenetics for safe codeine use in sickle cell disease

RS Gammal, KR Crews, CE Haidar, JM Hoffman… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
After postoperative deaths in children who were prescribed codeine, several pediatric
hospitals have removed it from their formularies. These deaths were attributed to atypical …

The impact of codeine re‐scheduling on misuse: a retrospective review of calls to Australia's largest poisons centre

R Cairns, JA Brown, NA Buckley - Addiction, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Codeine is the most commonly used opioid in the world, and is
available over the counter (OTC) in many countries, including Australia. Several countries …

The use of ibuprofen in posttonsillectomy analgesia and its effect on posttonsillectomy hemorrhage rate

JA Pfaff, K Hsu, SK Chennupati - Otolaryngology--head and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To determine the effect of ibuprofen on posttonsillectomy bleeding when
compared with codeine in posttonsillectomy analgesia. Study Design Case series with chart …

Post-tonsillectomy pain control: consensus or controversy?

N Cohen, DD Sommer - Pain management, 2016 - Future Medicine
Pediatric post-tonsillectomy analgesia continues to be highly debated and an area of active
research. Tonsillectomy pain can lead to significant patient morbidity, and incur potentially …

The effect of acupuncture on postoperative nausea and vomiting after pediatric tonsillectomy: a meta‐analysis and systematic review

HC Shin, JS Kim, SK Lee, SH Kwon, MS Kim… - The …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently performed pediatric
surgical procedures worldwide. The complications of this procedure include postoperative …

An analysis of 34,218 pediatric outpatient controlled substance prescriptions

JA George, PS Park, J Hunsberger, JE Shay… - Anesthesia & …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Prescription errors are among the most common types of iatrogenic errors.
Because of a previously reported 82% error rate in handwritten discharge narcotic …