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Meptazinol versus pethidine for postoperative pain relief in children
Author(s) -
RIDLEY S. A.,
MATTHEWS N. C.,
DIXON J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12785.x
Subject(s) - pethidine , medicine , anesthesia , sedation , nausea , vomiting , tonsillectomy , pain relief , incidence (geometry) , surgery , analgesic , physics , optics
Summary A double‐blind, randomised, clinical trial was undertaken comparing intramuscular meptazinol (1 mg/kg) with intramuscular pethidine (1 mg/kg)for the relief of post‐tonsillectomy pain, in 100 children under 15 years of age. Pethidine provided better analgesia in those patients who were awake after 30 minutes, but thereafter no statistically significant differences between the degree of pain relief could be detected. Meptazinol caused less sedation than pethidine, in that significantly more patients were awake after 40 minutes in the meptazinol group. The incidence of nausea and vomiting was similar in patients of both groups.