Optimizing pediatric tonsillectomy outcomes with an opioid sparing anesthesia protocol: Learning and continuously improving with real‐world data
The continued refinement of our opioid sparing anesthesia protocol has led to reduced perioperative and home opioid use, stable maximum post anesthesia care unit pain scores, and improved postoperative nausea and vomiting rates, with only a slight increase in mean post anesthesia care unit length of stay.
Authors
- Elizabeth E. Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-2612)
- Shilpa Verma
- Amber M. Franz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6334-0916)
- Lynn D. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9513-8763)
- Leah K. Bezzo
- Daniel K. Low (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0555-2376)
- Jennifer L. Chiem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4363-9157)
- Michael Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7243-6506)
- John P. Dahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2728-3576)
- Taylor F. Stanzione
- Sanjay R. Parikh
Institutions
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Washington (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Anesthesia
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.14979
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63