Transdermal buprenorphine for pain management in children

Giorgio Attinà, Alberto Romano, Silvia Triarico, Stefano Mastrangelo, Palma Maurizi, Antonio Ruggiero

Article Type

Review

Published

This review aims to analyse the clinical advantages of transdermal buprenorphine in the paediatric population and the possible side effects registered in daily clinical practice.

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Refractory symptoms in paediatric palliative care: can ketamine help?

Franca Benini, Sabrina Congedi, Luca Giacomelli, Simonetta Papa, Aashni Shah, Gregorio Milani

Article Type

Review

Published

This narrative review analyses the use of ketamine in children and the potential extension of its applications in paediatric palliative care in order to provide new options for treatment in the paediatric palliative care setting.

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Pain reduction induced by tapentadol in patients with musculoskeletal chronic pain fosters better sleep quality

Renato Vellucci, Gianluca De Rosa, Emanuele Piraccini

Article Type

Original Research

Published

This article explores whether tapentadol-induced pain relief may drive improved sleep quality via a pooled analysis of real-world data collected from 487 patients with chronic pain suffering from a wide range of chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions and treated with tapentadol.

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