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Ropivacaine in paediatric surgery: preliminary results
Author(s) -
IVANI GIORGIO,
MERETO NADIA,
LAMPUGNANI ELISABETTA,
DE NEGRI PASQUALE,
TORRE MICHELE,
MATTIOLI GIROLAMO,
JASONNI VINCENZO,
LÖNNQVIST PER
Publication year - 1998
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.1460-9592.1998.00246.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , anesthesia , analgesic , regional anaesthesia , surgery , motor block , general anaesthesia , bupivacaine , minor surgery , elective surgery
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.