• V Winter, C Funke, and A Sablotzki.
• Anesteziol Reanimatol. 2008 Jan 1(1):55-60.

AbstractTreatment of acute pain is one of the most important tasks of perioperative pediatric anesthesia. Pain-relieving drugs are usually administered on the basis of the concept of balanced analgesia, which involves a combination of analgesics with either synergic or additive effects. The concept of balanced analgesia is successful under many circumstances, but continuous efforts are needed to improve management in dificult cases. The key problem is to decide if a child has pain. Establishing a high standard at an institution requires a regular evaluation and documentation of pain scores. Non-opioid analgesics are frequently administered just in the induction of anesthesia due to their long-term effects, and then combined with opioids or regional anesthetic techniques. The present review focuses on non-opioid analgesics that can be intravenously injected for the perioperative treatment of acute pain.

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