Does Oral Intake Decreases Postoperative Pain Score in Children

Ibaraki Children's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain; Fasting

Treatments: Other: one hour; Other: two hours

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01949987

Pain and oral intake

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain score after inguinal hernia repair surgery in children decreased as time passed in previous studies. Postoperative oral intake is usually resumed two hours after minor surgery in most of institutions, that may influence children's behavior and pain score.

A recent study suggest that oral intake one hour after minor surgery does not increase the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting.

The investigators primary endpoint is to clarify whether postoperative oral intake influences postoperative pain score in children.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 months to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 month to 12 years old children undergoing elective unilateral inguinal hernia repair surgery

Exclusion criteria

• neurological disease, developmental delay

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

2 hours after surgery

Active Comparator group

Description:

the investigators permit the patients to resume oral intake two hours after surgery and observe child's behavior and score; cry, facial expression, verbal expression, torso, legs, activity, and consolability

Treatment:

Other: two hours

1 hour after surgery

Experimental group

Description:

the investigators permit the patients to resume oral intake one hour after surgery and observe child's behavior and score; cry, facial expression, verbal expression, torso, legs, activity, and consolability

Treatment:

Other: one hour