Opioid Therapy in Infants, Children, and Adolescents

Opioid analgesics are among the most effective medications for pain management but are associated with serious and increasing public health problems, including abuse, addiction, and death from overdose.
Currently, there is an opioid epidemic in the United States with the rate of prescription opioid-related overdose deaths quadrupling over the last 15 years. Pediatric patients are particularly vulnerable to the devastating consequences of opioid misuse. Adolescents who are prescribed opioids are at a higher risk for abusing illicit drugs later in life. Clinicians managing pediatric pain must account for such issues while still delivering effective analgesia to young patients who suffer from both acute and chronic pain.

Opioid Therapy in Children and Adolescents is designed to explore the unique aspects of opioid therapy in pediatric patients. An introductory framework provides historical context and describes the epidemiology of the opioid crisis with focus on pediatric implications. Subsequent chapters focus on pediatric opioid pharmacology, safe opioid prescribing practices, and non-opioid alternatives to managing pediatric pain states, including multimodal analgesic

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Springer Nature

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Ravi D. Shah, Santhanam Suresh

ISBN:

978-3-03-036286-7

Specialty:

• Addiction Disorder
• Pain Management
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry

Language:

English

Edition:

1st Ed.

Pages:

354

Publication Year:

2020

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• Springer Nature Pediatrics Book Collection