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Nitrous oxide inhalation is a safe and effective way to facilitate procedures in paediatric outpatient departments.

AbstractAIMS:
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of nitrous oxide treatment given to children presenting procedural problems in a paediatric outpatient department.
METHODS:
The study comprised 70 children 6-18 years old. Two different groups were studied. (1) Children presenting with problems in establishing venous cannulation (VC) (n = 50). The patients were randomised to conventional treatment (CO); cutaneous application of EMLA or nitrous oxide treatment (NO); N2O and EMLA. (2) Anxious children/children undergoing painful procedures who repeatedly come to the clinic (n = 20). These children underwent two procedures with CO/NO, the order of priority being randomised. Altogether the study included 90 procedures. Main outcome measures were procedure time, number of attempts required to establish VC, pain, and evaluation.
RESULTS:
All procedures were performed with NO while four VC (8%) were not possible to perform with CO. The number of attempts required to establish VC was lower when using NO (median 2, range 2-9), compared with CO (median 4, range 2-9). The estimated pain was lower with NO. The total mean time required was similar for NO and CO when the time required for the NO procedure was included. One complication, tinnitus, was observed; it disappeared within 3 minutes.
CONCLUSION:
The pretreatment with nitrous oxide is a time effective and safe method for use at paediatric outpatient departments to reduce pain, facilitate venous cannulation, and thereby reduce the number of costly cancellations of planned procedures.
AuthorsK Ekbom, J Jakobsson, C Marcus
JournalArchives of disease in childhood (Arch Dis Child) Vol. 90 Issue 10 Pg. 1073-6 (Oct 2005) ISSN: 1468-2044 [Electronic] England
PMID16177164 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Analgesics
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination
  • Ointments
  • Prilocaine
  • Lidocaine
  • Nitrous Oxide
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Analgesics (administration & dosage)
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Anxiety (prevention & control)
  • Catheterization
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lidocaine (administration & dosage)
  • Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination
  • Male
  • Nitrous Oxide
  • Ointments
  • Outpatients
  • Pain (prevention & control)
  • Pediatrics
  • Prilocaine (administration & dosage)
  • Statistics, Nonparametric

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