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11034509

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
We have performed a randomized controlled study in 60 children (ASA 1.8 month to 10 yrs) undergoing lower abdominal and genitourinary surgery, to assess the effects of caudal anaesthesia on plasma cortisol and prolactin concentrations during early postoperative period. After induction of anaesthesia by inhalation or intravenously, thirty children received a standardized general anaesthetic (control group) while the remaining children received caudal anaesthetics with 0.25% bupivacaine in addition to a similar general anaesthetic (caudal group). Blood samples for cortisol and prolactin were taken after induction and 1 hour after surgery. Postoperative analgesia was assessed by modified pain objective scale and side effects were noted. Children in the caudal group had significantly smaller plasma cortisol and prolactin concentrations at 1 hr postoperatively, compared with those in the control group. Plasma cortisol concentration after induction was higher than after one hour of surgery in the caudal group. These results were correlated with pain scores. No serious side effects were recorded. In conclusion, caudal anaesthesia attenuated the postoperative cortisol and prolactin responses to surgery and pain in children.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0939-7248
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of caudal block on cortisol and prolactin responses to postoperative pain in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anaesthesiology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial