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Sedoanalgesia in pediatric daily surgery
Aybars Ozkan1, Mesut Okur, Murat Kaya
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Duzce Duzce, Turkey.
Purpose:
The present report was focused on clinical advantages of sedoanalgesia in the pediatric outpatient surgical cases.
Method:
Sedoanalgesia has been used to sedate patients for a variety of pediatric procedures in our department between 2007 and 2010. This is a retrospective review of 2720 pediatric patients given ketamine for sedation with midazolam premedication. Ketamine was given intravenously (1-2 mg/kg) together with atropine (0.02 mg/kg) and midazolam (0.1 mg/kg) + a local infiltration anesthetic 2 mg/kg 0.5% bupivacaine hydrochloride.
Result:
Median age of the patients included in the study was 5.76 ± 2.12 (0-16 years). The main indications for ketamine include circumcision (69%), inguinal pathologies (inguinal hernia (17%), orchidopexy (2.68%), hydrocele (3.38%), hypospadias (1.94%), urethral fistula repair (0.33%), urethral dilatation (0.25%), and other conditions. All of our patients were discharged home well. In this regard, we have the largest group of patients ever given ketamine.
Conclusion:
Sedoanalgesia might be used as a quite effective method for daily surgical procedures in children.
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