In very young children, spinal anesthesia is easier to perform because they don't experience the potentially traumatic aspects of being in the OR as older children might.
Opioids can have serious side effects and increase the risk for representation to the emergency department and future opioid misuse in pediatric surgical patients.
In older populations, the theory for gender differences in opioid requirements is that males are reluctant to report pain while females will ask for painkillers.
PAPS -Perioperative Opioid Use In Paediatric Inguinal Hernia Patients- A Systematic Review And Retrospective Audit Of Practice - Isabel Hageman
▶Ep 12 · 0:33
clinicalOpioids can have serious side effects and increase the risk for representation to the emergency department and future opioid misuse in pediatric surgical patients.↗
▶Ep 12 · 0:40
guidelineThere are no procedure-specific guidelines for opiate use in pediatric patients like there are in adults.↗
▶Ep 12 · 0:52
clinicalThe study included 150 pediatric patients who underwent inguinal hernia repair between May and December 2019 at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne.↗
▶Ep 12 · 0:58
clinicalPatients were excluded if they underwent another procedure simultaneously or had an allergy or contraindication for opioids.↗
▶Ep 12 · 1:41
clinical20% of patients received opioids intraoperatively, which was mostly fentanyl.↗
▶Ep 12 · 1:46
clinicalPost-operatively, 17% received opioids, which was mostly fentanyl in the PACU and oxycodone thereafter.↗
▶Ep 12 · 1:53
clinical33% of patients received opioids during their entire hospital stay and were significantly older than patients who didn't receive opioids.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:02
clinicalNo patients received an opiate prescription at discharge.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:06
clinicalIncreasing age increased the risk for postoperative and total opiate use.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:06
clinicalThere was a significant association between female sex and total opioid use.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:16
clinicalPreoperative paracetamol did not reduce opioid use, nor did it lower the doses in patients that did receive opioids.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:23
clinicalAddition of regional blocks significantly lowered postoperative opiate use.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:23
clinicalGeneral anesthesia was found to be a risk for total, but not postoperative opioid use.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:33
opinionOpioids play a limited role in the pain regimens at the RCH contrary to other parts of the world.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:46
opinionThere was wide variation in doses in patients that did receive opioids, which might be because pain assessment is difficult in young patients.↗
▶Ep 12 · 2:54
clinicalPatients with regional anesthesia only had much lower doses than patients with general anesthesia, with or without the addition of a regional.↗
▶Ep 12 · 5:07
clinicalThe median length of stay was elevated due to premature infants and children already admitted to the hospital who had inguinal hernia surgery as one reason for admission.↗
▶Ep 12 · 5:33
clinicalElective inguinal hernia patients are only admitted for a couple of hours and go home straight from the PACU.↗
▶Ep 12 · 6:19
clinicalGeneral anesthesia was a risk factor for opioid use in general.↗
▶Ep 12 · 6:26
opinionThe institution is moving towards more spinals only for inguinal hernia repairs.↗
▶Ep 12 · 7:05
opinionIn very young children, spinal anesthesia is easier to perform because they don't experience the potentially traumatic aspects of being in the OR as older children might.↗
▶Ep 12 · 7:27
clinicalThe median age of patients in the study was 3 months, making spinal anesthesia ideal, especially since caution with narcotics is important in young children.↗
▶Ep 12 · 8:23
clinicalAll patients in the study were open inguinal hernia patients, not laparoscopic.↗
▶Ep 12 · 8:25
clinicalThere was no association found between length of stay and opiate use, though this may be due to the small sample size of patients who received opioids.↗
▶Ep 12 · 8:55
clinicalThe study was a retrospective audit, so groups (general anesthesia only, spinal only, or both) were determined by looking back at what patients received, not selected beforehand.↗
▶Ep 12 · 9:51
clinicalThere was no institutional education around opioid prescription at the time of the study or before.↗
▶Ep 12 · 9:51
opinionTwo or three years before the study, the warnings around opioids and their classification level were changed in Australia, which may have influenced opioid use at RCH.↗
▶Ep 12 · 10:46
quoteI honestly find that super interesting because this is such a young population. So it's interesting to see that even in this young population, females have higher opioid dose requirements than males↗
▶Ep 12 · 10:50
opinionIn older populations, the theory for gender differences in opioid requirements is that males are reluctant to report pain while females will ask for painkillers.↗
▶Ep 12 · 11:12
opinionIn the very young study population where there is no verbal communication about pain, it is especially interesting that females have higher opioid requirements, and the reason is unclear.↗
PAPS -Perioperative Opioid Use In Paediatric Inguinal Hernia Patients- A Systematic Review And Retrospective Audit Of Practice - Isabel Hageman
▶Ep 3 · 0:33
clinicalOpioids can have serious side effects and increase the risk for representation to the emergency department and future opioid misuse in pediatric surgical patients.↗
▶Ep 3 · 0:40
guidelineThere are no procedure-specific guidelines for opiate use in pediatric patients like there are in adults.↗
▶Ep 3 · 0:52
clinicalThe study included 150 pediatric patients who underwent inguinal hernia repair between May and December 2019 at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne.↗
▶Ep 3 · 0:58
clinicalPatients were excluded if they underwent another procedure simultaneously or had an allergy or contraindication for opioids.↗
▶Ep 3 · 1:41
clinical20% of patients received opioids intraoperatively, which was mostly fentanyl.↗
▶Ep 3 · 1:46
clinicalPost-operatively, 17% received opioids, which was mostly fentanyl in the PACU and oxycodone thereafter.↗
▶Ep 3 · 1:53
clinical33% of patients received opioids during their entire hospital stay and were significantly older than patients who didn't receive opioids.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:02
clinicalNo patients received an opiate prescription at discharge.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:06
clinicalIncreasing age increased the risk for postoperative and total opiate use.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:06
clinicalThere was a significant association between female sex and total opioid use.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:16
clinicalPreoperative paracetamol did not reduce opioid use, nor did it lower the doses in patients that did receive opioids.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:23
clinicalAddition of regional blocks significantly lowered postoperative opiate use.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:23
clinicalGeneral anesthesia was found to be a risk for total, but not postoperative opioid use.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:33
opinionOpioids play a limited role in the pain regimens at the RCH contrary to other parts of the world.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:46
opinionThere was wide variation in doses in patients that did receive opioids, which might be because pain assessment is difficult in young patients.↗
▶Ep 3 · 2:54
clinicalPatients with regional anesthesia only had much lower doses than patients with general anesthesia, with or without the addition of a regional.↗
▶Ep 3 · 5:07
clinicalThe median length of stay was elevated due to premature infants and children already admitted to the hospital who had inguinal hernia surgery as one reason for admission.↗
▶Ep 3 · 5:33
clinicalElective inguinal hernia patients are only admitted for a couple of hours and go home straight from the PACU.↗
▶Ep 3 · 6:19
clinicalGeneral anesthesia was a risk factor for opioid use in general.↗
▶Ep 3 · 6:26
opinionThe institution is moving towards more spinals only for inguinal hernia repairs.↗
▶Ep 3 · 7:05
opinionIn very young children, spinal anesthesia is easier to perform because they don't experience the potentially traumatic aspects of being in the OR as older children might.↗
▶Ep 3 · 7:27
clinicalThe median age of patients in the study was 3 months, making spinal anesthesia ideal, especially since caution with narcotics is important in young children.↗
▶Ep 3 · 8:23
clinicalAll patients in the study were open inguinal hernia patients, not laparoscopic.↗
▶Ep 3 · 8:25
clinicalThere was no association found between length of stay and opiate use, though this may be due to the small sample size of patients who received opioids.↗
▶Ep 3 · 8:55
clinicalThe study was a retrospective audit, so groups (general anesthesia only, spinal only, or both) were determined by looking back at what patients received, not selected beforehand.↗
▶Ep 3 · 9:51
clinicalThere was no institutional education around opioid prescription at the time of the study or before.↗
▶Ep 3 · 9:51
opinionTwo or three years before the study, the warnings around opioids and their classification level were changed in Australia, which may have influenced opioid use at RCH.↗
▶Ep 3 · 10:46
quoteI honestly find that super interesting because this is such a young population. So it's interesting to see that even in this young population, females have higher opioid dose requirements than males↗
▶Ep 3 · 10:50
opinionIn older populations, the theory for gender differences in opioid requirements is that males are reluctant to report pain while females will ask for painkillers.↗
▶Ep 3 · 11:12
opinionIn the very young study population where there is no verbal communication about pain, it is especially interesting that females have higher opioid requirements, and the reason is unclear.↗
