Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Use of regional anesthesia within a pediatric interventional radiology suite reduced periprocedural opioid use without delaying the overall workflow: a retrospective study
Authors' conclusion
Nerve blocks demonstrated an opioid-sparing effect intraprocedurally and postprocedurally for all subgroups.
Study context
- Population
- Children undergoing interventional radiology (IR)-performed sclerotherapy for bone cysts, venous malformations or lymphatic malformations, single tertiary-care children's hospital, January 2016–September 2022included in final analysis
- Participants
- 309 children
- Exposure
- Nerve block vs no nerve block during IR sclerotherapy
- Outcome
- Opioid use during hospital course
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Patients receiving opioids during hospital course
Proportion receiving opioids, bone cyst (subgroup)
62.7% vs 100%
P < 0.001
Block
Proportion receiving opioids, venous and lymphatic malformation (subgroup)
65.7% vs 97.4%
P < 0.001
Block
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Average maximum postanesthesia care unit (PACU) pain scores
- Significantly lower with block in bone cyst patients; no significant difference in venous and lymphatic malformation patients
Safety
- Nerve block-related complications
- 0 · events
Original publication
Use of regional anesthesia within a pediatric interventional radiology suite reduced periprocedural opioid use without delaying the overall workflow: a retrospective study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 25 June 2024. doi:10.
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