Post-tonsillectomy pain control: consensus or controversy? Journal Articles

abstract

• Pediatric post-tonsillectomy analgesia continues to be highly debated and an area of active research. Tonsillectomy pain can lead to significant patient morbidity, and incur potentially avoidable healthcare costs. Moreover, the various analgesic classes, each present their own risk profiles and unique side effects when used in children post-tonsillectomy. This review delineates the clinical and pathophysiological basis for post-tonsillectomy pain, types of analgesics and their risk profiles, as well as special considerations in this clinical population and a review of alternative analgesic treatment options. This article presents a summary of recent literature and discusses evidence-based management options to aid medical and allied health professionals who may encounter these patients.

authors

• Cohen, Natasha
• Sommer, Doron

status

• published 

publication date

• January 2016

has subject area

• Analgesia (MeSH)
• Analgesics (MeSH)
• Child (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Pain Management (MeSH)
• Pain, Postoperative (MeSH)
• Tonsillectomy (MeSH)
• Treatment Outcome (MeSH)
• Wound Healing (MeSH)

published in

• Pain Management  Journal

keywords

• Analgesia
• Analgesics
• Child
• Humans
• Pain Management
• Pain, Postoperative
• Tonsillectomy
• Treatment Outcome
• Wound Healing
• adenotonsillectomy
• analgesia
• nonsteroidal
• opioid
• pain
• pediatric
• safety
• tonsillectomy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2217/pmt.15.58

PubMed ID

• 26678541

start page

• 31

end page

• 37

volume

• 6

issue

• 1