IV-administered acetaminophen 90 mg/kg/day, adjuvant to oxycodone, did improve analgesia, but did not diminish oxycodone consumption during 24 hours after major spine surgery in children and adolescents. All acetaminophen concentrations were in nontoxic levels.

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Life expectancy is increasing in most countries and older people are living longer and they want to stay in their familiar home environment as long as possible (de Bruin et al., 2018;Eurostat, 2020). At the same time, the increasing burden of chronic illness, due to the ageing global population, poses a significant challenge for home-care professionals (OECD/European Union, 2020; Sherman et al., 2012). This paper uses the term home-care professionals to refer to practical nurses, registered nurses and public health nurses who are working in home care and nursing homes. In Finland, a practical nurse is someone who has completed a vocational qualification and levelfive training in social and health care, according to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). They need to acquire 180 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits, which each takes 27 hr. Practical nurses working in home care have specialised