• Military medicine · Aug 2024

    Incidence of Surgically Managed Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage Associated With NSAID Prescribing for Postoperative Pain Management.

    • Andrew Jacobson, Douglas Mack, Germaine Herrera, Sarah N Bowe, Krista B Highland, and Michael S Patzkowski.
    • Department of Anesthesia, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200, USA.
    • Mil Med. 2024 Aug 30; 189 (9-10): e1955e1959e1955-e1959.

    IntroductionTonsillectomy ranks high among the most common pediatric surgical procedures in the United States. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, are routinely prescribed to manage post-tonsillectomy pain, but may carry the risk of hemorrhage.Materials And MethodsThis retrospective, longitudinal, secondary-data analysis study compared the incidence of surgically managed post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage (sPTH) in pediatric patients prescribed ibuprofen at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) after tonsillectomy compared to a similar cohort of pediatric patients at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) not prescribed ibuprofen. Additional regression analysis examined predictors of sPTH at BAMC.ResultsThe odds of sPTH was lower in patients who were prescribed ibuprofen at BAMC, relative to patients who were not at CHOP (OR 0.57, 95% CI, 0.37, 0.87; P < 0.01). In a generalized linear model evaluating BAMC patient data, there was a lack of a relationship between reason for tonsillectomy (tonsillitis versus tonsillar obstruction), primary procedure (tonsillectomy-only versus tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy), and presence of a co-occurring procedure.ConclusionsPost-tonsillectomy ibuprofen prescribing practices were not associated with an elevated risk of sPTH, relative to patients at CHOP not exposed to ibuprofen.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2024. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

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