• Khalid Al-Ansari, Christopher Sulowski, and Savithiri Ratnapalan.
• Division of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008 Oct 1; 47 (8): 766-9.

AbstractIn this study, the use of medications for analgesia and/or sedation for incarcerated inguinal hernia reductions in the emergency department was analyzed. A retrospective chart review was conducted for all patients presenting to a pediatric emergency department with incarcerated inguinal hernia from 2002 to 2005. A total of 99 children presented with incarcerated hernias during the study period. The median age was 11 months. Forty-four percent of children received medication for the procedure, of them 75% received parenteral and 25% oral or intranasal medications. Forty-five percent of children who received medication went through at least 1 hernia reduction attempt initially without medications. More than half the children with incarcerated inguinal hernias did not receive any medication for pain and/or sedation prior to hernia reduction. Guidelines for medication use for children with incarcerated inguinal hernias need to be developed.

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