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Pediatrics
Surgery can be stressful for both you and your child. This is natural and expected, and
some of this comes from worrying about the pain after surgery and how it can be managed.
These tools will help you talk to your surgeon about pain before your child’s surgery and
manage your child’s acute pain following their operation.
Click on the icons below to learn more. 
Adult Prescribing Recommendations
Use OPEN’s evidence-based prescribing recommendations for tailored pain management after surgery in adult patients.

Pediatric Prescribing Recommendations
Use OPEN’s Pediatric evidence-based acute care opioid prescribing recommendations after surgery.

Pediatric Surgical Pain Management Toolkit
Learn about prevention of opioid-related complications in children and adolescents after surgery.

4 Evidence-based Reasons To Improve Opioid Prescribing Practices After Surgery
Explore 4 evidence-based reasons to improve opioid prescribing practices after surgery.

4 Evidence-based Reasons To Improve Opioid Prescribing Practices After Dental Surgery
Explore 4 evidence-based reasons to improve opioid prescribing practices after dental surgery.

Opioid Prescribing Recommendations Impact Report
Learn about OPEN’s impact with our opioid prescribing recommendations.

Pain and Opioid Data Collection
Explore OPEN’s process to create and evaluate opioid prescribing recommendations.

Levels of Evidence
Explore the five Levels of evidence to use while making educated determinations about prescribing and care.

Acute Care Opioid Prescribing Guide
Use this guide to share best practices for adult opioid prescribing and pain management, free educational materials for patients, and State of Michigan opioid legislation.

Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers
This free, 16-hour CE course will empower non-prescribing providers to directly impact the opioid epidemic through increased knowledge and tools to transform practice and policies.