Race and unequal burden of perioperative pain and opioid related adverse effects in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 832-838

  Sadhasivam, Senthilkumar ^a   Chidambaran, Vidya ^a   Ngamprasertwong, Pornswan ^a   Esslinger, Hope R ^a   Prows, Cynthia ^a   Zhang, Xue ^a   Martin, Lisa J ^a   McAuliffe, John ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain management; Pain response; Pain sensitivity; Race; Safety

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LENGTH OF STAY; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84860573467     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2607     Document Type: Article

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