Authors :
DR.D.VENKATA KAVYA; DR.S.SUDHEER KUMAR GOUD
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 1 - January
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7628602
Abstract :
EFFICACY OF DEXAMETHASONE AS
AN ADJUVANT TO BUPIVACAINE IN CAUDAL
ANAESTHESIA FOR LOWER ABDOMINAL
SURGERIES IN CHILDREN
Methodology:
Group C: 30 Children received 1 ml/kg of 0.125%
bupivacaine in the caudal epidural space
Group D: 30 Children received 1 ml/kg of 0.125%
bupivacaine with 0.1 mg/kg dexamethasone in the caudal
epidural space.
The pain score was assessed using Face, Legs, Activity,
Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale at intervals of 0, 1,
2, 3, 4, 8, 12,16, 20, 24 hours.
Patients were shifted to the ward after observation in
the post-anaesthesia care unit for 3hours up to 24
hours.
Postoperative analgesic efficacy was assessed by using
the paediatric observational FLACC pain scale with its
0–10 score range, each child’s pain intensity was
assessed upon arrival and then every hourly till the
time of discharge from the PACU.
Keywords :
Caudal anaesthesia , bupivacaine ,dexamethasone , pain score, post operative analgesia,post anaesthesia care uni
EFFICACY OF DEXAMETHASONE AS
AN ADJUVANT TO BUPIVACAINE IN CAUDAL
ANAESTHESIA FOR LOWER ABDOMINAL
SURGERIES IN CHILDREN
Methodology:
Group C: 30 Children received 1 ml/kg of 0.125%
bupivacaine in the caudal epidural space
Group D: 30 Children received 1 ml/kg of 0.125%
bupivacaine with 0.1 mg/kg dexamethasone in the caudal
epidural space.
The pain score was assessed using Face, Legs, Activity,
Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale at intervals of 0, 1,
2, 3, 4, 8, 12,16, 20, 24 hours.
Patients were shifted to the ward after observation in
the post-anaesthesia care unit for 3hours up to 24
hours.
Postoperative analgesic efficacy was assessed by using
the paediatric observational FLACC pain scale with its
0–10 score range, each child’s pain intensity was
assessed upon arrival and then every hourly till the
time of discharge from the PACU.
Keywords :
Caudal anaesthesia , bupivacaine ,dexamethasone , pain score, post operative analgesia,post anaesthesia care uni