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Perioperative analgesic management in patients with bladder exstrophy: A clinical study
- Source :
- Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 53-57 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, 2024.
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Abstract
- Background: Bladder exstrophy is a complex, rare congenital malformation with an incidence of 3.3 cases in every 100000 live births and is slightly more common in males. Primary surgical repair requires many hours of surgery with fluid and blood loss. Because of wide fluctuations in hemodynamics, a longer duration of surgery, smaller age, risk of hypothermia and post-operative intensive care may be required. We evaluated the use of continuous caudal epidural infusion of bupivacaine and fentanyl under general anesthesia for urinary bladder exstrophy-epispadias surgery in children. Aims and Objectives: Aim of the study was to evaluate the postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing surgery for bladder exstrophy. The primary objective was to assess the postoperative pain using FLACC scale and sedation score after successful caudal administration. Secondary objective was to assess the hemodynamic changes after caudal administration. Materials and Methods: A total of 13 patients aged between 9months and 13 years of either sex, weighing between 5kg to 30kg, belonging to ASA grade II to IV, underwent surgery for epispadias–exstrophy complex. Initial bolus 0.75ml/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine with fentanyl 1ug/kg was given through epidural. Postoperative analgesia was maintained by continuous infusion of 0.0625% bupivacaine @0.1ml/kg/hr in young children and 0.125% bupivacaine with fentanyl 1ug/ml in older children for 4-5 days with the help of ON-Q pump or infusion pump. Baseline hemodynamic parameters including MAP, heart rate and SpO2 was recorded at various time intervals. Postoperative pain was assessed using face, legs, activity, cry and consolability (FLACC) pain scale and sedation score was assessed by using ramsay sedation score. Results: There was a statistically significant decrease in mean pulse rate in the study group from baseline to thirty minutes after reversal (p
- Subjects :
- analgesia
bladder exstrophy
caudal epidural catheter
bupivacaine
fentanyl
Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24679100 and 20910576
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.2d54ea27bd384268ae27c5ce74c39729
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v15i4.60711