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Randomized Controlled Trial
Ropivacaine/Fentanyl vs. Bupivacaine/Fentanyl for Pain Control in Children after Thoracic Surgery: A Randomized Study.
- Lucyna Tomaszek, Dariusz Fenikowski, Halina Komotajtys, and Danuta Gawron.
- Division of Specialist Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland; Pediatric Division, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Rabka-Zdroj, Poland. Electronic address: ltomaszek@igrabka.edu.pl.
- Pain Manag Nurs. 2019 Aug 1; 20 (4): 390-397.
BackgroundAlthough bupivacaine remains a standard local anesthetic for postoperative epidural infusions in pediatric patients, it is increasingly being replaced with ropivacaine by many anesthesiologists. Ropivacaine is associated with less risk for cardiac and central nervous system toxicity.AimsThe purpose of this study was to compare analgesic efficacy and adverse events of postoperative epidural analgesia with ropivacaine/fentanyl versus bupivacaine/fentanyl in children after the Ravitch procedure and thoracotomy.DesignThis was a prospective randomized controlled study.SettingsThis study was conducted at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Rabka Zdroj, Poland.Participants/Subjects94 patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery.MethodsPatients aged 7-17 years were randomly allocated into a ropivacaine 0.2% (RF, n = 45) or bupivacaine 0.125% (BF, n = 45) group; 1 mL of each analgesic solution contained 5 μg fentanyl. All patients received acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Nurses assessed pain intensity and incidence of adverse events over 72 hours after surgery and modified analgesia if patient pain intensity was greater than 2 out of 10.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference in median pain scores and incidence of adverse events between the RF group and the BF group. The analgesia was excellent (median pain intensity scores at rest, during deep breathing, and when coughing was less than 1 out of 10 in all patients). Adverse events included incidents of desaturation (64/90), nausea (18/90), vomiting (31/90), pruritus (12/90), urinary retention (2/90), paresthesia (11/90), anisocoria (2/90), and Horner syndrome (2/90).ConclusionsThoracic epidural analgesia using an RF and BF solution resulted in similar pain relief and adverse event profiles.Copyright © 2019 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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