The effect of ketorolac as an adjuvant to local anaesthetic infiltration for analgesia in paediatric umbilical hernia surgery.

Abstract

After umbilical hernia surgery, and wound infiltration with bupivacaine 0.5%, 17 children were given ketorolac 0.5 mg.kg-1, with 18 controls receiving only the wound infiltration. No child experienced severe pain, but moderate pain was noted in patients in both groups. Objective and subjective pain scores were not different statistically at any point up to the morning after surgery.

• Authors: S G Graham, J G Wandless
• Journal: Paediatric anaesthesia (Paediatr Anaesth) Vol. 5 Issue 3 Pg. 161-3 ( 1995) ISSN: 1155-5645 [Print] France
• PMID: 7489435 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)

Chemical References

• Adjuvants, Anesthesia
• Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
• Anesthetics, Local
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
• Placebos
• Acetaminophen
• Tolmetin
• Bupivacaine
• Ketorolac

Topics

• Acetaminophen (administration & dosage)
• Adjuvants, Anesthesia (administration & dosage)
• Analgesia
• Analgesics, Non-Narcotic (administration & dosage)
• Anesthetics, Local (administration & dosage)
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (administration & dosage)
• Bupivacaine (administration & dosage)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Hernia, Umbilical (surgery)
• Humans
• Infant
• Injections, Intramuscular
• Injections, Subcutaneous
• Ketorolac
• Male
• Pain Measurement
• Pain, Postoperative (prevention & control)
• Placebos
• Tolmetin (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives)