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Abstract

Effective pain management affects morbidity and duration of hospital stay[Dolin SJ et al. BJA 2002]The aim of the audit was to evaluate the incidence of post operative pain in children having sternotomies for various congenital heart diseases. There are only a few centres in the United Kingdom which perform paediatric cardiac surgical procedures routinely and the Alderhey Childrens' hospital at Liverpool is one of them. No patient should return to the ward in uncontrolled pain where problems will