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Postoperative opioid administration and post-traumatic stress symptoms in preschool children after cardiac surgery

  • Kelly A. Davis, PhD, CPNP-PC/AC
    Kelly A. Davis
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    Corresponding author at: 2200 Children’s Way, VCH 5325, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, 461 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240, USA

    Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Children’s Way, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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  • Mary S. Dietrich, MD, PhD
    Mary S. Dietrich
      Affiliations
      Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, 461 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240, USA

      Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Drive Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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    • Mary Jo Gilmer, PhD, MBA, FAAN
      Mary Jo Gilmer
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        Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, 461 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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      • D. Catherine Fuchs, MD
        D. Catherine Fuchs
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          Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Children’s Way, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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        • Terrah Foster Akard, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN
          Terrah Foster Akard
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            Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, 461 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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          Published:November 01, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.10.005
          Postoperative opioid administration and post-traumatic stress symptoms in preschool children after cardiac surgery
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                Total postoperative opioid administration not associated with PTSS in our sample.
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                Relationships between opioid administration and PTSS vary based on child’s physiology.
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                Morphine administration associated with decreased PTSS in single ventricle patients.

              Abstract

              Purpose

              The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between postoperative opioid administration and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in preschool-aged children surviving cardiac surgery.

              Design and methods

              This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study using survey administration and medical chart review. Primary caregivers of children aged three to six years who underwent cardiac surgery at our institution between 2018 and 2020 were invited to participate. Opioid administration was calculated according to morphine milligram equivalents and indexed to the child’s body weight. Caregivers completed the Young Child Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist to explore child PTSS. We used correlational methods to assess the strength and direction of relationships between postoperative opioid administration and child PTSS.

              Results

              We did not find a statistically significant relationship between total postoperative opioid administration and child PTSS. When analyzing individual opioid agents, morphine did show a significant inverse relationship to YCPC scores (rs = −.57, p = .017) in children with single ventricle physiology.

              Conclusions

              Total postoperative opioid administration was not statistically significantly related to child PTSS in our sample. Differing patterns of association were noted among children with single- versus bi-ventricular physiology. Postoperative morphine administration was favorably associated with PTSS in children with single-ventricle physiology.

              Practice implications

              Nurses caring for preschool children who undergo cardiac surgery should anticipate the potential development of PTSS in their patients. Studies using larger sample sizes and longitudinal design are needed to replicate the significant relationship between morphine administration and PTSS in preschoolers with single-ventricle physiology.

              Keywords

              • Posttraumatic stress
              • Pediatric mental health
              • Congenital heart disease
              • Cardiac surgery
              • Opioid administration

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              This study was part of a larger project examining potential biological, psychological, and social contributors to post-traumatic stress symptoms in preschool children after cardiac surgery. The conceptual framework (see Fig. 1) guiding the overall project was based on the work of Marsac and colleagues, who proposed a biopsychosocial framework for understanding post-traumatic stress in children who experience traumatization due to medical events (
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              Fig. 1Conceptual model.
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              Methods

              Sample

              Institutional Review Board approval was obtained prior to the study. Data collection occurred at an academic medical center in the southeastern United States where more than 500 cardiac surgical cases are performed annually. Postoperative pain and sedation management protocols at our institution are generally determined based on whether the child arrives to the ICU with an open or closed sternum and, if closed, whether extubation is anticipated within the first 24 hours postoperatively. In addition to opioid agents, postoperative patients receive scheduled acetaminophen and NSAIDs for the first 24 - 48 hours postoperatively, unless contraindicated. Continuous opioid infusions are not routinely administered if extubation is planned within the first 24 hours, although this varies at the discretion of the ICU physician or advanced practice provider. Dexmedetomidine is the preferred sedative agent at our institution, and benzodiazepine infusions are not used in the immediate postoperative period.
              We reviewed our institution’s surgical caseload from 2018-2020 to screen for eligible participants. Sample size determination was largely based on the anticipated number of participants eligible for the study at our institution and observed recruitment rate during an earlier pilot study undertaken by the principal investigator (PI). Nevertheless, we performed a power analysis and determined that a sample size of at least 40 participants would enable detection of correlations as small as 0.42 (respective Cohen’s d = 0.93, 80% statistical power, alpha = .05).
              Eligible participants included parents or caregivers with children between three years and six years of age, with cardiac surgery occurring in the past two years and at least four weeks prior to study onset. Caregivers of children who received interventional procedures only (i.e., cardiac catheterizations or electrophysiology studies) were excluded. Eligible caregivers were at least 18 years of age and able to speak and understand English. Caregivers included biological mothers and fathers, adoptive parents, and legal guardians. Participants were excluded if the child died prior to study onset, the child was inpatient at the time of data collection, or there was an open DCS investigation.
              After we reviewed our institution’s surgical caseload, 139 patients and their caregivers were screened for further eligibility based upon the child’s age. The PI successfully contacted fifty-three of the remaining 117 eligible participants. Of those, 44 (83%) enrolled in the study. Subsequently, it was determined that one child did not have a postoperative intensive care stay, resulting in an analysis sample of N = 43 children and their caregivers.

              Measurement

              Post-traumatic stress symptoms

              The Young Child PTSD Checklist (YCPC) is a developmentally sensitive caregiver-report survey designed to evaluate post-traumatic stress symptoms in young children between one and six years of age (MS
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              Opioid administration

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              Procedure

              Data collection occurred over 11 weeks from September to December 2020. The PI mailed introductory letters describing the study to potential participants. Contact information was provided for caregivers who wished to opt-out of further communication about the study; otherwise, the PI contacted potential participants via telephone within 7-10 days of mailing letters to further describe the study. No potential participants proactively opted out of the study, and therefore the PI attempted to contact all eligible caregivers. After obtaining verbal consent from interested caregivers, we distributed consent forms and study materials via electronic REDCap survey (
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              Statistical analysis

              Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics (26). We used frequency distributions to summarize nominal data. Means and standard deviations were calculated to summarize normally distributed continuous data, otherwise we used medians and inter-quartile ranges. We tested for between-group differences using student’s t-test (normally distributed data), Mann-Whitney U tests (non-normal continuous data) and Chi-square tests of independence (categorical). The strength of the relationships between opioid administration and YCPC scores were assessed using Spearman’s rho correlations. We used p < .05 for determining statistical significance.

              Findings

              Characteristics of the 43 children and caregiver participants are shown in Table 1. Children were a median 55.2 months old (IQR 18, 69) and had surgery at a median 40.4 months of age (IQR 27.2, 47.6). Approximately half of the children were male (51.2%), and a majority of the caregiver survey respondents (n = 39, 90.7%) were female. Seventeen (39.5%) of the children had single ventricle cardiac physiology. Children with single ventricle physiology were significantly older at the time of surgery than their bi-ventricle counterparts (median 45.5 months versus 29.2 months, p = .007). There were otherwise no significant demographic differences between children with single or bi-ventricular cardiac physiology. Median duration of postoperative ICU stay was significantly longer for children with single ventricle physiology than those with biventricular physiology (5 days vs 2 days, respectively; p <.001). Very few children with biventricular physiology had experienced any prior surgeries, while children with single ventricle physiology had a median of 3 prior surgeries (p < .001) (Table 1) .
              Table 1Sample characteristics (N = 43).
              Sample (N = 43)Univentricular Physiology (n = 17)Biventricular Physiology (n = 26)p-value
              Child CharacteristicsMedian (IQR)
              Current age (months)55.2 (48.9, 68.7)56.3 (49.8, 72.2)54.1 (45.8, 62).214
              Age at surgery (months)40.4 (27.2, 47.6)45.5 (36.9, 51.2)29.2 (21.9, 43.4).007
              ICU length of stay (days)2 (1, 4)5 (2, 9)1 (1, 2)<.001
              Number of prior surgeries1 (0, 3)3 (2, 4)0 (0, 1)<.001
              GenderN (%).850
               Female21 (48.8)8 (47.1)13 (50)
               Male22 (51.2)9 (52.9)13 (50)
              Race.945
               African-American/Black6 (14.0)2 (11.8)3 (11.5)
               Asian5 (11.6)2 (11.8)4 (15.4)
               White32 (74.4)13 (76.5)19 (73.1)
              Cardiac Physiology
               Bi-ventricular26 (60.5)
               Uni-ventricular17 (39.5)
              Caregiver Characteristics
               Relationship of Respondent to Child.318
              Biological mother31 (72.1)12 (70.6)19 (73.1)
              Biological father4 (9.3)3 (17.6)1 (3.8)
              Adoptive mother6 (14)2 (11.8)4 (15.4)
              Grandparent2 (4.6)02 (7.7)
              Gender
               Female39 (90.7)14 (82.4)25 (96.2)
               Male4 (9.3)3 (17.6)1 (3.8)
              Race.731
               African-American/Black5 (11.6)2 (11.8)3 (11.5)
               Asian1 (2.3)01 (3.8)
               White36 (81.7)15 (82.4)21 (80.8)
               More than 1 race1 (2.3)01 (3.8)
              Mean (SD)
              Current age (years)36.2 (7.7)33.3 (5.2)38.1 (8.5).044
              a
              Statistically significant results indicated in bold.
              a Statistically significant results indicated in bold.
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              Summaries of the opioid administrations and YCPC scores are presented in Table 2. Based on medical chart review, no children were receiving opioid medications at the time of presentation for the index cardiac surgery. While not necessarily receiving an opioid drug every day during their postoperative ICU stay, all children received at least one opioid drug at some time during their stay. Morphine was the most commonly administered opioid drug with only six children not receiving at least one dose of morphine. Opioid administration during participants’ ICU stay ranged from 0 - 3.99 MME/kg/day (median = 0.5). When not indexed to the child’s weight or ICU LOS, the total MMEs administered ranged from 0 – 369.8 MMEs (median = 9.1). YCPC scores ranged from 0 to 56 of a possible maximum score of 92 (median = 6.0). Five (11.6%) participants had a YCPC score of 26 or higher, which is the threshold for a probable diagnosis of PTSD (
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              Sample (N = 43)Univentricular Physiology (n = 17)Biventricular Physiology (n = 26)p-value
              Median (IQR)
              YCPC score6 (0 – 14)10 (2, 20)4 (0, 13).086
              Morphine milliequivalents
              a
              Data reflects opioids administered during ICU stay
              Total opioid MMEs administered9.1 (4.5 – 46.4)29 (12.4, 67)5.1 (3.5, 13.5).001
              Total non-morphine MMEs administered5.3 (1.1 – 36.7)18.8 (5.0, 62.9)2.25 (0.3, 10.8).003
              Total MME/kg/day administered0.51 (0.23 – 1.3).51 (.24, 1.6).50 (.23, .96).602
              Administered doses of individual opioids
              a
              Data reflects opioids administered during ICU stay
              Median (Min, Max)
              Hydromorphone (mg)0 (0, 36.8).17 (0, 36.8)0 (0, 2.26).008
              Morphine (mg)3.4 (0, 65.5)4.3 (0, 65.5)2 .8 (0, 8.5).136
              Oxycodone (mg)1.3 (0, 14)2 (0, 14).7 (0, 4.2).009
              Fentanyl (mcg)0 (0, 790)0 (0, 620)0 (0, 790).114
              a Data reflects opioids administered during ICU stay
              b Statistically significant results indicated in bold.
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              We observed no statistically significant correlations of total MMEs administered or MMEs/kg/day delivered with YCPC scores (rs = 0.27 and 0.11 respectively, p > .05, see Table 3). For the entire sample, we found a very small and not statistically significant correlation between the quantity of morphine administered and YCPC scores (rs = −.07, p = .643). Children with single ventricle physiology generally have different healthcare experiences than children with two cardiac ventricles, including greater number of cardiac surgeries, longer hospitalizations, and more frequent non-cardiac comorbidities (
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              Table 3Correlations
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              Spearman’s rho (rs).
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              Statistically significant results indicated in bold.
              Opioid DosingYCPC (p-value)

              N = (43)
              YCPC Score (p-value)

              Univentricular Physiology (n = 17)
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              Biventricular Physiology (n = 26)
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              Fentanyl (mcg).18 (.262)−.09 (.726).25 (.226).154
              Total MMEs delivered.27 (.084)−.10 (.694).25 (.214).154
              Total non-morphine MMEs delivered.31 (0.042).11 (.669).27 (.185).312
              MME/kg/day.112 (.455).08 (.768).15 (.475).417
              a Spearman’s rho (rs).
              b z-test of differences between independent correlations.
              c Statistically significant results indicated in bold.
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              Discussion

              This is the first known study to evaluate relationships between postoperative opioid administration and PTSS in preschool-aged children after cardiac surgery. Other studies have shown favorable relationships between the amount of opioid drugs administered and later development of PTSS or PTSD (
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              Our data failed to show a favorable reduction in post-traumatic stress with increased total opioid administration. This may be, in part, related to the directionally opposite effect of morphine when compared with non-morphine opioids. Another possible explanation is that children in previous studies were largely healthy before their sudden illness or injury. Our study is one of the first to study relationships between opioid administration and PTSS in young children with underlying illness who, in many cases, would have previously been exposed to opioid medications. Additionally, previous researchers collected longitudinal data compared to the current cross-sectional study.
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              Future research should include longitudinal designs to better understand the relationships between opioid administration (particularly morphine) and post-traumatic stress in preschool children after cardiac surgery. Additional studies are needed to attempt replication of the significant finding between morphine and post-traumatic stress in those with single-ventricle physiology. Studies with larger sample sizes will allow for more robust analysis to evaluate interactions between relevant psychosocial and biological variables, in accordance with Marsac’s biopsychosocial framework. Healthcare providers should be attuned to the potential development of PTSS in their preschool-aged patients postoperatively. Anticipatory guidance should be provided to caregivers of these children and appropriate referrals to mental health experts should be initiated when necessary.

              Limitations

              Although our study was the first of its kind to evaluate the relationship between opioid administration and PTSS in preschool-aged children after cardiac surgery, we acknowledge several limitations. Study materials were only available in English, decreasing the diversity of the study sample and limiting generalizability of the findings. This was a relatively small study conducted at a single site. Patterns of pain assessment and opioid administration may have been impacted by local culture and staff preferences; replication of these findings in a larger, multi-site study may be warranted. This study could have been further strengthened with a larger sample and multiple points of data collection for YCPC scores. Additionally, prospective determination of pain assessment and documentation with a priori opioid administration protocols could help strengthen statistical analysis and interpretation. Potential selection bias existed as participants’ willingness to respond to the YCPC may have been influenced by their assessment of the child’s mental health at the time of enrollment. Important psychosocial variables, such as parent mental health, parent-child attachment, and parenting support, have previously been associated with post-traumatic stress in early childhood (
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              Conclusion

              Preschool-aged children may experience negative psychiatric sequelae, including PTSS or PTSD, after surviving cardiac surgery. Post-traumatic stress is a complex condition with several contributing factors, many of which are poorly understood or difficult to operationalize in early childhood. Pain has been associated with post-traumatic stress in the past; health care professionals must improve our understanding of the most appropriate therapies and mechanisms for pain relief in this vulnerable population, both for the relief of acute postoperative pain and for the alleviation of psychiatric sequelae. Morphine, in particular, appears to have a favorable impact on PTSS in preschool-aged children with single ventricle physiology after cardiac surgery.

              Funding

              Research support was provided by the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UL1 TR000445 NCATS/NIH) and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Student Achievement Research Award.

              Data sharing statement

              Deidentified individual participant data (including data dictionaries) will be made available, in addition to study protocols, the statistical analysis plan, and the informed consent form. The data will be made available upon publication to researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal for use in achieving the goals of the approved proposal. Proposals should be submitted to Kelly Davis at [email protected]

              CRediT authorship contribution statement

              Kelly A. Davis: Conceptualization, Methodology, Funding acquisition, Data curation, Validation, Software, Investigation, Writing – original draft. Mary S. Dietrich: Validation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing. Mary Jo Gilmer: Methodology, Writing – review & editing. D. Catherine Fuchs: Methodology, Writing – review & editing. Terrah Foster Akard: Methodology, Writing – review & editing, Supervision.

              Declaration of Competing Interest

              Kelly Davis reports financial support was provided by Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.

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