postoperative analgesia for children after tonsillectomy analgesia for children after tonsillectomy...
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Postoperative Analgesia for Children After Tonsillectomy
A/Prof George Chalkiadis Pain Medicine Physician, Anaesthetist
Head, Children’s Pain Management Service, RCH
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
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What parents ask: • What should I give my child for their
pain?
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What parents ask: • What should I give them for their pain?
• paracetamol or • painstop (paracetamol / codeine) worried about OSA and airway obstruction codeine to avoid strong opioids
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What we worry about…
• Codeine has fallen out of favour • CYP 2D6 polymorphism
• 10% poor metabolisers • 1% ultra fast metabolisers
• Reports of deaths following codeine administration in children undergoing tonsillectomy
Kelly LE et al. More codeine fatalities after tonsillectomy in North American children. Pediatrics 2012;129:e1343-7.
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NSAIDs
Concerns regarding effect on platelets and increased risk for life threatening
postoperative bleeding
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What parents ask: • How long will my child be in pain? • How long will they need pain relief?
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What parents ask: • How long will my child be in pain? • How long will they need pain relief?
“a few days”
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What parents ask: • How long will my child be in pain? • How long will they need pain relief?
a few days or
“I have no idea!”
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Declaration • I haven’t undergone tonsillectomy
• My children haven’t undergone tonsillectomy
• I haven’t found the answers in a textbook • Usually day case or overnight stay with minimal (oral)
analgesia • no acute pain service follow-up
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procedure specific postoperative pain profile
• accurate information for parents and children regarding:
• degree and duration of pain • how long analgesia is required • how long before they return to normal functioning
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Procedure specific guidelines (a)
(b)
(c)
Figure 1 Median Parents’ Postoperative Pain Measurement
(PPPM) Scores: Days 1–12. Two pain scores are graphed for each
day. The first mark represents the AM score, the second mark the
PM score. Error bars demonstrate the 90th and 10th centiles.
PPPM score ‡ 6 represents clinically significant pain.
Procedure-specific postoperative pain profile D.W. Stewart et al.
4 ª 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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other findings: • GP consulted postop 54%
• severe pain • suspected infection
• otalgia • constipation 32% • halitosis 76% • voice change 58% • refusal to eat, drink or take oral analgesia
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Postop pain after tonsillectomy is a problem
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Furthermore apart from paracetamol, it is unclear what analgesia is “safe”
or effective
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Basic Principles
• Regular dosing of analgesic ladder base is better than prn
• Example: • paracetamol • NSAID • + / - opioid / tramadol
Paracetamol
NSAID
+/- prn opioid /tramadol
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Barriers to effective analgesia
• Administration burden • frequency of administration
• hurts to swallow • taste • volume • waking children to give analgesia
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Where are we now?
• Paracetamol 15mg/kg qid • Celecoxib 4mg/kg bd • Oxycodone 0.1- 0.2mg/kg q 4h • Tramadol 2 mg/kg q 6h
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Barriers to effective analgesia • Formulation
• Liquid vs tablet / capsule
liquid tablet capsule
paracetamol ✔ ✔ ✔
celecoxib (✔) ✔
oxycodone ✔ ✔
tramadol ✔ ✔
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Tramadol • Liquid preparation: 100mg / ml
or
• Capsule contents 50mg diluted with
10ml water
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Tramadol • dose accuracy similar
• overdose potential reduced • max dose 50mg
• 10kg infant, 2.5x
Kluger, Penrose, Bjorksten & Chalkiadis
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Regulatory issues • OTC analgesics:
• paracetamol • Painstop – FDA warning • ibuprofen
• Prescription • stronger opioids • tramadol • celecoxib
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Other barriers to effective analgesia:
• Parents not giving analgesia
• reluctant to give analgesia • don’t understand postop instruction • conflicting instruction • no instruction • not sure about pain assessment
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Other barriers to effective analgesia:
• Health care providers: • are we giving parents adequate info re what to
expect? • who prescribes discharge analgesia • where do parents get more analgesia from? • are parents instructed how to assess pain? • are we instructing them to give effective pain relief
optimally • Do we really know what analgesia is optimal?
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Review of barriers to effective analgesia: Effective postoperative pain management in children after ambulatory surgery, with a focus on tonsillectomy: barriers and possible solutions Dorkham et al, Paediatric Anesthesia 2014; 24: 239-248.
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Other analgesic strategies:
• Analgesia to facilitate eating • Lignocaine viscous 4% gargle • Ice cold slushies • Timing of analgesia prior to food • Coca cola
• Slow release analgesia
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conclusion
• Tonsillectomy results in moderate – severe pain and is associated with functional limitation
• Recent practice results in frequent GP attendance due to parental concerns regarding pain / infection
• Children may be reluctant to swallow analgesia
because it is painful to do so
• Parents should be instructed in pain assessment and about analgesia administration
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conclusion
• Paracetamol 15mg/kg qid • Celecoxib 4mg/kg bd • Oxycodone 0.1- 0.2mg/kg q 4h • Tramadol 2 mg/kg q 6h