CrossMarkCardiology in the YoungManagement of routine postoperative pain forchildren undergoing cardiac surgery:acambridge.org/ctyPaediatric Acute Care Cardiology CollaborativeClinical Practice GuidelineGuidelinesCite this article:Gal DB,Clyde CO,Colvin EL,Dana B.Gall,Caitlin O.Clyde2,Erin L.Colvin3,Jessica Colyer,Anne M.Ferris5Colyer J,Ferris AM,Figueroa MI,Hills BK,Lagergren SM,Mangum J,Mann JL,McKeta AS,Mayte I.Figueroa5,Brittney K.Hills,Sarah M.Lagergren',Jordan Mangum,Patel SS,Reeves JF,Richter M,Ring LM,Jessica L.Mann5,Angela S.McKeta,Sonali S.Patel10,Jennifer F.Reeves11,Rosenblum JM,Tindel K,Weiner JG,Williams KG,Zabala LM,and Madsen NL (2022)Molly Richter12,Lisa M.Rings,Joshua M.Rosenblum13,Kaitlin Tindel2,Management of routine postoperative pain forchildren undergoing cardiac surgery:aJeffrey G.Weiner14,Kimberly G.Williams15,Luis M.Zabala2 and Nicolas L.Madsen2Paediatric Acute Care Cardiology CollaborativeClinical Practice Guideline.Cardiology in theThe Heart Institute,Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center,Cincinnati,OH,USA;'UT Southwestern MedicalYoung,page 1 of 13.doi:10.1017/Center,Heart Center at Children's Health,Dallas,TX,USA;3Heart Institute,Division of Pediatric CardiothoracicS1047951122003559Surgery,UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh,PA,USA;Heart Center,Seattle Children's Hospital,Received:9 June 2022Seattle,WA Division of Pediatrics,University of Washington,Seattle,WA,USA;5Department of Pediatrics,Revised:18 October 2022Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Morgan StanleyAccepted:19 October 2022Children's Hospital,New York,NY,USA 5Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Washington University School ofMedicine,St.Louis,MO,USA;7Heart Center,Children's Mercy Hospital,Kansas City,MO,USA;Children'sKeywords:National Heart Institute,Children's National Hospital,Washington,DC,USA Pediatric Cardiology,MedicalClinical practice guideline;postoperative pain;University of South Carolina,Charleston,SC,USAPediatric Cardiology,University of Colorado School ofCHDMedicine,Aurora,CO,USA;Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery,Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital at MedicalUniversity of South Carolina,Charleston,SC,USA;Heart Center,Seattle Children's Hospital,Seattle,WA,USA;Author for correspondence:Dana B.Gal,3333 Burnett Ave.,Cincinnati,OHDivision of Cardiac Surgery,Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine,45229,USA.Tet+15138034574;Atlanta,GA USA;14Thomas P.Graham Jr.Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Monroe Carell Jr.Children's HospitalFax+15138034493.at Vanderbilt,Nashville,TN,USA and 5Division of Cardiology,Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford,PaloE-mail:dana.gal@cchmc.orgAlto,CA USAAbstractBackground:Pain followingsurgery for cardiac disease is ubiquitous,and optimal managementis important.Despite this,there is large practice variation.To address this,the Paediatric AcuteCare Cardiology Collaborative undertook the effort to create this dinical