An Opioid-free Anesthesia Protocol for Pediatric Strabismus Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project

This quality improvement (QI) project tracks a series of 2 Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles as we standardized and refined an ambulatory pediatric anesthesia strabismus protocol. We aimed to provide effective pain relief, reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) rates, and be cost-efficient while minimizing perioperative opioids over 5 years.We used statistical process control (SPC) charts to analyze real-world data captured from the...