Erector spinae plane blocks for opioid-sparing multimodal pain management after pediatric cardiac surgery

Copyright © 2024 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

OBJECTIVE: Peripheral regional anesthesia is proposed to enhance recovery. We sought to evaluate the efficacy of bilateral continuous erector spinae plane blocks (B-ESpB) for postoperative analgesia and the impact on recovery in children undergoing cardiac surgery.

METHODS: Patients aged 2 through 17 years undergoing cardiac surgery in the enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery program were prospectively enrolled to receive B-ESpB at the end of the procedure, with continuous infusions via catheters postoperatively. Participants wore an activity monitor until discharge. B-ESpB patients were retrospectively matched with control patients in the enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery program. Outcomes of the matched clusters were compared using exact conditional logistic regression and generalized linear modeling.

RESULTS: Forty patients receiving B-ESpB were matched to 78 controls. There were no major complications from the B-ESpB or infusions, and operating room time was longer by a median of 31 minutes. While blocks were infusing, patients with B-ESpB received fewer opioids in oral morphine equivalents than controls at 24 hours (0.60 ± 0.06 vs 0.78 ± 0.04 mg/kg; P = .02) and 48 hours (1.13 ± 0.08 vs 1.35 ± 0.06 mg/kg; P = .04), respectively. Both groups had low median pain scores per 12-hour period. There was no difference in early mobilization, length of stay, or complications.

CONCLUSIONS: B-ESpBs are safe in children undergoing cardiac surgery. When performed as part of a multimodal pain strategy in an enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery program, pediatric patients with B-ESpB experience good pain control and require fewer opioids in the first 48 hours.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - (2024) vom: 16. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Roy, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Parra, M Fernanda [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Morgan L [VerfasserIn]
Sleeper, Lynn A [VerfasserIn]
Kossowsky, Joe [VerfasserIn]
Baumer, Andreas M [VerfasserIn]
Blitz, Sarah E [VerfasserIn]
Booth, Jocelyn M [VerfasserIn]
Higgins, Connor E [VerfasserIn]
Nasr, Viviane G [VerfasserIn]
Del Nido, Pedro J [VerfasserIn]
Brusseau, Roland [VerfasserIn]

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Cardiac surgery
ERAS
Journal Article
Opioids
Pediatric
Regional anesthesia

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Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.03.010

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NLM36983643X