Intraoperative ketorolac is an effective substitute for fentanyl in children undergoing outpatient adenotonsillectomy

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 318-323

  Keidan, Ilan ^a,b   Zaslansky, Ruth ^a   Eviatar, Ephraim ^a   Segal, Samuel ^a   Sarfaty, Shlomo M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Children; Fentanyl; Ketorolac; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AGITATION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOROLAC; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 2042439735     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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