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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain PPOP
Published on: January 27, 2010
Postoperative pain management: Comparison of intravenous paracetamol versus ketorolac
Amit Kumar Prasad1, Rajesh Kumar Jha1, Asim Shekhar1
1Department of Anaesthesiology, RDJM Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India.
Abstract:
Effective control of postoperative pain remains a key challenge in perioperative care, necessitating comparison of commonly used analgesic agents. Therefore, it is of interest to compare the analgesic efficacy of intravenous paracetamol and intravenous ketorolac in 60 patients undergoing elective surgery. Patients received either paracetamol 1 g or ketorolac 30 mg intravenously, and pain intensity was assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale with documentation of rescue analgesic use. Ketorolac produced significantly lower pain scores and reduced need for rescue analgesia compared with paracetamol (p < 0.05). Thus, we show that intravenous ketorolac provides superior postoperative analgesia within a multimodal pain management strategy.
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