Short-acting versus long-acting opioids for pediatric postoperative pain management.
Authors
Chen YH, Sadhasivam S, DeMedal S, Visoiu M
Abstract
Opioids are potent analgesics commonly used to manage children’s moderate to severe perioperative pain in children. A wide range of short and long-acting opioids are used to treat surgical pain and will be reviewed in this article.
