<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;Editor in Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by Associate Editor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;Michael J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt; Brenner, MD and Associate Editor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;and senior author &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;John P. Dahl, MD, PhD, MBA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt; for a discussion of the article “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;Reducing Pediatric &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;Posttonsillectomy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt; Opioid Prescribing: A Quality Improvement Initiative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;,” which &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;published&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt; in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;Febr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;uary 2024 issue of &lt;em&gt;Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery&lt;/em&gt;. Th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;ey &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;discuss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt; how the researchers were able to reduce the numbers of opioid doses given to pediatric patients after &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;adenotonsillectomy through standardized processes for prescribing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW133197413 BCX0"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://hnsfjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ohn.534"&gt;Click here to read the article.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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OTO: Reducing Pediatric Posttonsillectomy Opioid Prescribing: A Quality Improvement Initiative

FEB 14, 202428 MIN
OTO Journal

OTO: Reducing Pediatric Posttonsillectomy Opioid Prescribing: A Quality Improvement Initiative

FEB 14, 202428 MIN

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Editor in Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by Associate Editor Michael J. Brenner, MD and Associate Editor and senior author John P. Dahl, MD, PhD, MBA for a discussion of the article “Reducing Pediatric Posttonsillectomy Opioid Prescribing: A Quality Improvement Initiative,” which published in the February 2024 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. They discuss how the researchers were able to reduce the numbers of opioid doses given to pediatric patients after adenotonsillectomy through standardized processes for prescribing. 

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