ArticleHospital pediatrics2020
Opioid Use to Treat Migraine Headaches in Hospitalized Children and Adolescents.
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- Prescription Trends for Primary Headache in Children and Adolescents in China During 2019-2023: A Retrospective Study.Paediatric drugs · 2025Article
- Association of Race and Ethnicity With Emergency Room Rate of Migraine Diagnosis, Testing, and Management in Children With Headache.Neurology · 2025Observational
- Clinical patterns and implications of prescription opioid use in a pediatric population for the management of urolithiasis in the emergency room.Urolithiasis · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrescription of opioids to treat pediatric migraine is explicitly discouraged by treatment guidelines but persists in some clinical settings. We sought to describe rates of opioid administration in pediatric migraine hospitalizations.
methodsUsing data from the Pediatric Health Information System, we performed a cross-sectional study to investigate the prevalence and predictors of opioid administration for children aged 7 to 21 years who were hospitalized for migraine between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2018.
resultsThere were 6632 pediatric migraine hospitalizations at 50 hospitals during the study period, of which 448 (7%) had an opioid administered during the hospitalization. There were higher adjusted odds of opioid administration in hospitalizations for non-Hispanic black (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.68;
conclusionsOpioids continue to be used during pediatric migraine hospitalizations and are associated with longer lengths of stay and readmissions. These findings reveal important opportunities to improve adherence to migraine treatment guidelines and minimize unnecessary opioid exposure, with the potential to improve hospital discharge outcomes.
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