Determining postoperative analgesic efficacy of a regional block for pediatric patients.

This article discusses a recent study on the efficacy of a regional block as a postoperative analgesia technique for pediatric patients undergoing certain surgical procedures. The authors of the article raise several questions and concerns about the methodology and results of the study. They question the target pain scores set for postoperative analgesia and argue that the control group may have been ineffective, potentially biasing the outcomes. They also criticize the lack of standardized analgesic prescriptions and the limited use of non-opioid analgesics in the study. Additionally, they highlight inconsistencies in the time to first analgesic need in the ward. The authors conclude by requesting a reasonable explanation for these findings. [Extracted from the article]