The Korean Journal of Pain
- Volume 8 Issue 1
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- Pages.31-36
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- 1995
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- 2005-9159(pISSN)
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- 2093-0569(eISSN)
Pediatric Post-Tonsillectomy Analgesia-Effect of 10% Lidocaine Spray
소아 편도선절제술 후 10% Lidocaine 분무에 의한 통증감소 효과
- Lee, Hyun-Hwa (Department of Anesthesiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine) ;
- Shin, Ok-Young (Department of Anesthesiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine) ;
- Lee, Doo-Ik (Department of Anesthesiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine)
- Published : 1995.04.15
Abstract
Post-tonsillectomy pain in children is a difficult problem to manage. We examined the effect of 10% aerosol lidocaine for the post-tonsillectomy analgesia. ASA physical status I or II, between five and thirteen years of age were assigned, in a randomized fashion, into two groups. The Group I, 30 patients, received a total dose of 4 mg/kg of ten percent aerosol lidocaine on the tonsillar beds. Lidocaine was administered at the end of the surgical procedure. The Group II, 30 patients, were not sprayed with lidocaine aerosol. The postoperative pain scores were assessed by a "red and white" visual analoge pain scales (VAPS). VAPS values were obtained at one and eight hours after the operation. Values of one hour after the operation in the group I and II were