A comparison between Acetaminophen suppository and caudal anesthesia in relieving pain after pediatric surgery.
BACKGROUND
Our aim was to provide a simple, non-invasive, low cost, and practical method to be used by nurses and technicians in a low hazardous, safe, and painlessness anesthesia.


METHODS
In a prospective blind clinical trial 40 children between 4 and 6 months who were candidated for subumbilical elective surgeries were recruited. They were randomly divided into two groups. Bupivacain 0.25% was prescribed in the control group according to Armitage formula (0.5- 1 ml/kg); while, supp. Acetaminophen was administered in the subject group by a dosage of 30-40 mg/kg.


RESULTS
There was no statistically significant difference in the pain score of the two groups within 2 hours postoperatively, but higher pain score was reported in subject group during the third and forth hours.


CONCLUSIONS
Caudal anesthesia with bupivacaine has better painless period postoperatively.
Razavi
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Department of Anaesthesia, Mofeed Children Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shaeghi
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Shiva
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Mo'menzadeh
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