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Tomaszek L, Fenikowski D, Cież-Piekarczyk N, Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska W. Maximum Pain at Rest in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Elective Thoracic Surgery and the Predictors of Moderate-to-Severe Pain-Secondary Data Analysis. J Clin Med 2024; 13:844. [PMID: 38337538 PMCID: PMC10856382 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13030844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Pain management among children following thoracic surgery is an area of significant practice variability. Understanding the risk factors of moderate-to-severe pain intensity will allow for adequate pain relief. The aim of the study was to assess the maximum intensity of pain at rest in pediatric patients within 24 h of thoracic surgery and to investigate the prevalence and predictors of moderate-to-severe pain. METHODS AND FINDINGS This is a prospective cohort study of patients in observational and randomized controlled trials following thoracic surgery. A secondary analysis of data was conducted using data collected from 446 patients aged 7-18 years undergoing thoracic surgery. The primary endpoint was maximum pain intensity (Numerical Rating Scale; NRS; range: 0-10) and the secondary endpoint was the prevalence and predictors of moderate-to-severe pain (NRS > 2/10). The median maximum pain in the cohort was 3 [0; 4]. During the immediate postoperative period, 54% of patients reported a maximum NRS > 2/10. The infusion of morphine by an intravenous route (vs. epidural route) was a protective factor against moderate-to-severe pain. Taking into account the findings related to the type of epidural analgesia (vs. intravenous morphine), it was found that only the administration of 0.25% bupivacaine combined with morphine or fentanyl was a protective factor against moderate-to-severe postoperative pain. Patients aged 14-18 years (vs. aged 7-13 years) had an increased risk of reporting pain as moderate-to-severe. CONCLUSIONS The route of analgesic administration, type of multimodal analgesia, and patients' age predict moderate-to-severe pain in pediatric patients after thoracic surgery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lucyna Tomaszek
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Rabka-Zdrój Branch, 34-700 Rabka-Zdrój, Poland; (L.T.); (D.F.); (N.C.-P.)
- Department of Specialist Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, 30-705 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Rabka-Zdrój Branch, 34-700 Rabka-Zdrój, Poland; (L.T.); (D.F.); (N.C.-P.)
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Rabka-Zdrój Branch, 34-700 Rabka-Zdrój, Poland; (L.T.); (D.F.); (N.C.-P.)
- Medical Institute, Academy of Applied Sciences in Nowy Targ, 34-400 Nowy Targ, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Nursing, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdans, 7 Debinki Street, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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Alfaras-Melainis K, Fernando RJ, Boisen ML, Hoffman PJ, Rosenkrans DJ, Teeter E, Cardi AI, Laney J, Reagan A, Rao VK, Anderson M, Luke CB, Subramani S, Schisler T, Ritchie PJ, Gelzinis TA. The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2022. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024; 38:29-56. [PMID: 37802689 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
Abstract
This article reviews research highlights in the field of thoracic anesthesia. The highlights of this year included new developments in the preoperative assessment and prehabilitation of patients requiring thoracic surgery, updates on the use of devices for one-lung ventilation (OLV) in adults and children, updates on the anesthetic and postoperative management of these patients, including protective OLV ventilation, the use of opioid-sparing techniques and regional anesthesia, and outcomes using enhanced recovery after surgery, as well as the use of expanding indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, specialized anesthetic techniques for airway surgery, and nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery.
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- Cardiothoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
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