Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: After obtaining consent from the local ethics committee and the parents, 60 patients from the ASA groups I and II, between 3 and 7 years of age, planned for adenotonsillectomy as outpatients, were included in the study. Subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups and 2ml 0.9% saline for group S, and 0.5mgkg(-1) ketamine and saline 2ml in volume for group K were administered into the tonsillar region. All subjects were monitored in a standard manner and SpO(2), systolic arterial pressure (SAP), and cardiac pulse rates were recorded in 5min intervals. The CHEOPS and Wilson sedation scale were used to evaluate pain levels and sedative condition, respectively. Nausea and vomiting scores of the subjects were also noted. The time of the first analgesic administration and the total amount of analgesics in an 8-hour period were recorded. Student-T and Chi-Square tests were used for the statistical evaluation of the data and a p value of <0.05 was accepted as significant. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between groups according to age, sex, weight, intermittent SAP and cardiac pulse rates. However, the CHEOPS value, the first analgesic need and the total amount of analgesic need were in favor of ketamine (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Omer Lütfi Erhan, Hülya Göksu, Cengiz Alpay, Azize Beştaş |
Journal | International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
(Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol)
Vol. 71
Issue 5
Pg. 735-9
(May 2007)
ISSN: 0165-5876 [Print] Ireland |
PMID | 17296236
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Analgesics
(therapeutic use)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Demography
- Female
- Humans
- Ketamine
(therapeutic use)
- Male
- Pain, Postoperative
(drug therapy)
- Tonsillectomy
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