Pain Control in a Pediatric Patient With Sickle Cell Disease Using Regional Nerve Blocks for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Case Report.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-15-2019
Abstract
The sickle cell patient population continues to provide challenges in pain control. Current therapies include narcotic usage with adjuvant therapies such as anti-inflammatories and nonpharmacological interventions. Poor pain management in the sickle cell patient population, especially postoperatively, can lead to hypoventilation, escalating opioid requirements, poor recovery, and longer hospital stays. This case report addresses a novel addition of ultrasound-guided paravertebral and rectus sheath blocks postinduction of general anesthesia and before surgical incision to assist with the intravenous postoperative pain management regimen after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 10-year-old boy with sickle cell disease.
Volume
12
Issue
4
First Page
115
Last Page
118
ISSN
2575-3126
Published In/Presented At
Hasan, A., Nanassy, A. D., Disilvio, G., Meckmongkol, T., Arthur, L. G., & Taneja, P. A. (2019). Pain Control in a Pediatric Patient With Sickle Cell Disease Using Regional Nerve Blocks for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Case Report. A&A practice, 12(4), 115–118. https://doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000000862
Disciplines
Anesthesiology | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
30095446
Department(s)
Department of Anesthesiology
Document Type
Article