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PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA

Caudal Regional Anesthesia, Ropivacaine Concentration, Postoperative Analgesia, and Infants

Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

Address correspondence to Samia Khalil, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Anesthesiology, 6431 Fannin, MSB 5.020, Houston, TX 77030-1503. Address e-mail to samia.n.khalil{at}uth.tmc.edu.

In this randomized, double-blind trial we evaluated the quality and duration of analgesia and motor effects after caudal block using 1 mL/kg of ropivacaine 0.1% (Group 1), 0.15% (Group 2), 0.175% (Group 3) compared to 0.2% (Group 4) in infants 1–12 mo old. Postoperatively, the number of infants who received pain medication differed among the groups (P < 0.0005). There were more infants in Groups 1 and 2 compared with Group 4 and there was no difference between Groups 3 and 4. In the postanesthesia care unit, infants in Groups 1 and 2 received more pain medication than did those in Group 4 (P = 0.0098). In the day surgery unit, there was a significant difference among the groups (P = 0.0326); infants in Groups 3 and 4 required no pain medication. The analgesia duration differed among the groups (P = 0.034). Infants in Groups 1 and 2 had a shorter duration, and there was no difference between Groups 3 and 4. Infants in Group 4 took longer to regain their motor power compared with those in Group 3 (P = 0.0347). We conclude that in infants, ropivacaine 0.175% provided postoperative analgesia and duration similar to that of ropivacaine 0.2%, whereas ropivacaine 0.1% and 0.15% did not, and it was associated with fewer motor effects.

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