Chronic pain-related consultations to the emergency department of children with complex pain conditions: A retrospective analysis of healthcare utilization and costs.

Background: There is limited information regarding the effects of pediatric chronic pain management on the number and cost of chronic pain-related emergency department (ED) consultations.

Aim: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the number and costs of chronic pain-related ED consultations of children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions at the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH).

Methods: Charts of patients followed by the Edwards Family Interdisciplinary Center for Complex Pain (CCP) of the MCH between April 2017 and December 2018 were reviewed.

Neurological implications of antenatal corticosteroids on late preterm and term infants: a scoping review.

The objective of this study was to synthesize the body of knowledge on the association between ACS exposure for risk of preterm birth and brain development in infants ultimately born late preterm and term. Three databases and eight conference proceedings were systematically searched (1972-2021). Selection criteria included ACS administration for risk of preterm delivery, cohort of late preterm and term infants, and assessment of brain development.

Long-term efficacy and adverse effects of outpatient procedural analgesia with nitrous oxide for a child with Epidermolysis Bullosa.

Epidermolysis Bullosa is a dermatologic condition characterized by skin fragility and the formation of painful blisters all over the body. The course of this chronic hereditary disorder involves multiple painful procedures for which adequate analgesia is an ongoing challenge. This case report follows a previously-described pediatric patient with the Dowling-Meara variant of Epidermolysis Bullosa who was treated with at-home nitrous oxide for daily procedural analgesia.

Use of bisphosphonates in a retrospective case series of children and adolescents with complex regional pain syndrome.

Background: There is increasing evidence for the use of bisphosphonates to treat Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in adults. However, there are scarce data for their use in children with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Aim: This retrospective case series aimed to analyze the effects of intravenous bisphosphonate use in children and adolescents with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome enrolled in a multidimensional pain treatment program.

Telehealth and chronic pain management from rapid adaptation to long-term implementation in pain medicine: A narrative review.

The COVID-19 pandemic called for drastic changes to expand and rapidly implement telehealth to prevent breach of care for chronic patients. Responding to the challenge of implementing remote care in chronic pain services, a specialty highly dependent on doctor-patient rapport, physical examination, and frequent follow-up visits requires extensive adaptation involving administrative processes and clinical routines. We present our experience of a successful rapid adaptation to telemedicine paradigm as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic during a time of marked restriction of access to ambulatory hospital services for pediatric and adult chronic pain patients.

Diagnostic performance of F-DCFPyL positron emission tomography/computed tomography for biochemically recurrent prostate cancer and change-of-management analysis.

Introduction: Conventional imaging (CI) performs poorly to identify sites of disease in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer. Ga-PSMA-11 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is most studied but has a very short half-life. This study reports the diagnostic performance of the novel prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiotracer F-DCFPyL using real-life data and tumor board simulation to estimate the impact of F-DCFPyL PET on patient management.