Decreasing Opioid Usage in Pediatric Cholecystectomy Through Care Standardization: A Quality Improvement Project Using Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols
Standardizing care through enhanced recovery after surgery protocols effectively reduces opioid use in pediatric laparoscopic cholecystectomy without increasing mean postoperative pain scores, postoperative nausea and vomiting, pruritus, or hospital length of stay.
Authors
- Tarun Bhalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-3789)
- Scott C. Boulanger
- Thomas P. Wolski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-1645)
- Laurie J. Engler
- Rami Karroum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8484-5451)
- Lenore France
Institutions
- Akron Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Anesthesia
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.15103
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01