Journal of physiology and biochemistry
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J. Physiol. Biochem. · Sep 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPatient-controlled analgesia with ketorolac in pediatric surgery.
Our aim was to quantify the analgesic efficiency of the patient-controlled analgesia technique (PCA), using ketorolac, in children aged 6-14 undergoing a surgical intervention. We carried out a double-blind test with two randomly selected groups: the PCA group comprising patients submitted to intravenous PCA, with "bolus on demand" and the Standard group, with conventional analgesia dispensed with ketorolac I. V. (0.5 mg/kg/6 hours). ⋯ Evaluation of the analgesic effect revealed no differences, either intra-group or intergroup, during the experimental period. The sum of the PIDs revealed significant differences in the standard group between the values for hours 1 and 6. Under the experimental conditions described, both techniques were equally effective for pain treatment, but the efficiency was higher for the PCA group.