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PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 59-64Publisher
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00609.x
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analgesics; nonopioid; anti-inflammatory agents; nonsteroidal; ketoprofen; pain : postoperative; child, surgery; daycase; adenoidectomy
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Because nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ketoprofen, prolong bleeding time, their preoperative administration may both prolong operation time and delay discharge. Therefore, charts of 335 children who had undergone adenoidectomy were evaluated to determine the effect of ketoprofen on operation time (OPERTIME) and length of hospital stay (ACTUAL LOS). The study was conducted in three phases (I-III) which differed from each other in the dose of i.v. ketoprofen, 0.33 mg.kg(-1). All phases were conducted with parallel groups using a prospective, randomized, and double blind design, moreover phases I and In were placebo-controlled. OPERTIMEs were similar between Placebo groups and Ketoprofen groups. The dose of ketoprofen did not affect OPERTIME or ACTUAL LOS. In phase I, ACTUAL LOS was significantly longer in the Placebo group (251 +/- 46 min, mean +/- SD) compared to the Ketoprofen group (225 +/- 44 min, P = 0.006). In conclusion preincisional ketoprofen did not prolong OPERTIME or delay discharge in children undergoing adenoidectomy.
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