SGEM Xtra: Hurts so Good…but does it Have to? A Pain Management Standard for Children

Trials extracted from the podcast by Dr. Ken Milne

• 2015Racial Disparities in Pain Management of Children With Appendicitis in Emergency DepartmentsEmergency & ResuscitationIn 0.94 million US children with appendicitis, Black patients received less analgesia for moderate pain and fewer opioids for severe pain than white patients.
• 2020Race, Postoperative Complications, and Death in Apparently Healthy ChildrenOtherAmong172,549 apparently healthy children undergoing inpatient surgery,African American racewas associated with higher30-day death and postoperative complicationsthanwhite race.