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Ropivacaine in Paediatric Surgery: Preliminary Results by GIORGIO IVANI; NADIA MERETO; ELISABETTA LAMPUGNANI; PASQUALE DE NEGRI; MICHELE TORRE; GIROLAMO MATTIOLI; VINCENZO JASONNI; PER LÖNNQVIST is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ropivacaine in Paediatric Surgery: Preliminary Results about?
In a double blind study 40 patients, aged 1–9 years, undergoing elective minor surgery were examined and randomly divided in two groups (20 children each). After light general anaesthesia Group 1 received caudal injection of bupivacaine 0.25% 2 mg·kg^−1^ while Group 2 received 0.2% ropivacaine 2 mg·kg^−1^. No differences were observed in demographic data, HR, BP and duration of surgery; the onset time of anaesthesia was 12 min and 9 min in Group 1 and 2 respectively. Ten patients in Group 1 received paracetamol in the first 24 h after surgery while only two children in Group 2 needed analgesic; even the duration of analgesia in the patients requiring paracetamol was superior in group 2 (520 min __vs__ 253 min). No motor block was apparent at awakening in either group and no side effect was noticed. In conclusion ropivacaine seems to be an effective and safe drug in paediatric regional anaesthesia.
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- Author
- GIORGIO IVANI; NADIA MERETO; ELISABETTA LAMPUGNANI; PASQUALE DE NEGRI; MICHELE TORRE; GIROLAMO MATTIOLI; VINCENZO JASONNI; PER LÖNNQVIST
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1155-5645)
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)