Efficacy of perioperative pain management in paediatric cardiac surgery: a protocol for a network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Congenital heart disease is a common birth defect, but advancements in diagnosis and treatment have improved survival rates. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes have emerged in paediatric cardiac surgery. Multimodal pain management, as a vital part of ERAS programmes, has been found to be effective in reducing pain and improving outcomes in cardiac surgery patients. Traditional methods of pain control using high-dose opioids can lead to complications, so nonopioid analgesics and regional anaesthesia techniques are being used to reduce the consumption. However, there is a significant variability in pain management practices in paediatric cardiac surgery. A network meta-analysis (NMA) is needed to comprehensively compare the effects of different analgesic i

SUBMITTER: Yan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409366 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature