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Paediatric Analgesia Multimodal — viva
Structured oral examination station for paediatric-analgesia-multimodal.
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Prompt
Ward drug chart for post-tonsillectomy child; codeine prescribed; FLACC 8.
Opening
Stop codeine first: FLACC is 8 and codeine is contraindicated after tonsillectomy in children. FLACC scores five behaviours — face, legs, activity, cry, consolability.[1][2]
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- [1]Merkel SI et al. The FLACC: a behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children. Pediatr Nurs, 1997.PMID 9220806
- [2]Lauder G et al. Confronting the challenges of effective pain management in children following tonsillectomy. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 2014.PMID 25241379