Postoperative pain medication
Pregunta
My son will have to have orthopedic surgery. In previous surgeries he has responded poorly to codeine by becoming agitated and to morphine by staying up all night. Do you have any suggestions for postoperative pain medication to which he may respond more favorably?
Respuesta de nuestros expertos
My suggestion would be to utilize an epidural infusion of local anesthetic in the immediate postoperative period. The epidural catheter can be placed in the operating room after the patient is asleep. This should limit the amount of postoperative pain medications that he would need
AZ/ TK 7-13-10
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el dolor y el comportamiento
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Dado que en un niño con SCdL, el dolor puede fácilmente pasar desapercibido, todos los profesionales sanitarios deberían ser conscientes de las diferentes manifestaciones y posibles causas del dolor. Se recomienda utilizar pruebas específicas para evaluar el dolor.
