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Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volume  5, Issue 3, March 2018, Pages 425-429
 

Original Article

Neostigmine as an Adjuvant to Paediatric Caudal Analgesia

Subha R.1, Vidhya Prakash S.2

1, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Karpagam Faculty of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore–641032, Tamilnadu, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijaa.2349.8471.5318.12

Abstract

Caudal analgesia is one of the most popular method for intra and post-operative method for abdominal, perennial and lower limb surgeries for children’s. For local anesthetic common drug used is Bupivacaine. In children caudal epidural block is one of the common anesthetics techniques in children. It is the general, simple and safe procedure for local anesthetics. It is administered as single shot technique. Several adjuncts such as opioids, ketamine, midazolam, clonidine and neostigmine have been used with bupivacaine to prolong its action & thus extend the duration of post-operative analgesia provided by the ‘single shot’ caudal technique.

 

 


Keywords : Caudal Analgesia; ‘Single Shot’ Caudal Technique; Post-Operative Analgesia and Bupivacaine. 
Corresponding Author : Vidhya Prakash S., Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Karpagam Faculty of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore – 641 032, Tamil nadu, India.