Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) aims to advance the quality of anesthesia care and the alleviation of pain-related conditions in children.

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Better Care for Children in Pain

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Question of the Month – May 2018

17 year old male with Ewing sarcoma of Left 7th rib with bilateral pulmonary metastases scheduled for chest wall resection (en bloc with 6th, 7th, and 8th ribs together with diaphragm and left lower pulmonary lobe), left upper lobe and left lower lobe pulmonary wedge resections.
PMH: pneumonia 2 months ago -resolved. Otherwise unremarkable.
Preop labs -
Hemoglobin: 10.3 (L)
Hematocrit: 30.9 (L)
Platelet Count: 193
Fibrinogen: 338
INR: 1.0
Part Thromboplastin: 59.8 (H)
Prothrombin Time: 13.4

The anesthesia team in the room has tried placing an awake thoracic epidural
without success. You are called to suggest options for pain management.

What postoperative pain management options would you then choose?

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SPPM 8th Annual Meeting
April 24-25, 2021
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
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