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The effect of needle size and type in paediatric caudal analgesia
Author(s) -
NEWMAN P.J.,
BUSHNELL T.G.,
RADFORD P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1996.d01-20.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bevel , bloody , anesthesia , surgery , prospective cohort study , regional anesthesia , randomized controlled trial , structural engineering , engineering
A randomized prospective study compared three types of needle for caudal analgesia in 623 children. Inadvertent vascular puncture (bloody tap) was more likely if a child weighed more than 15 kg. There were no significant differences in respect to success or complication rate between the needle types (21 g and 23 g standard bevelled intramuscular (IM) needles and 22 g short bevelled «regional block» needle).