Institutional Audit of the Use of Intravenous Acetaminophen in Infants Undergoing Pyloromyotomy

Arlyne Thung

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pyloric Stenosis

Treatments: Drug: Acetaminophen

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02359305

IRB14-00149

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a retrospective chart review. The objective of the current study is to determine the analgesic efficacy and side effect profile of intravenous acetaminophen when administered to infants undergoing pyloromyotomy. In addition, recovery characteristics of infants who were administered intravenous acetaminophen will be compared to infants who did not receive intravenous acetaminophen to determine if there were any appreciable differences with regard to postoperative discomfort, PACU time, time to oral feeds and hospital discharge.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who presented for pyloromyotomy

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

68 participants in 2 patient groups

IV Acetaminophen

Description:

Acetaminophen administered by intravenous infusion.

Treatment:

Drug: Acetaminophen

Drug: Acetaminophen

Rectal Acetaminophen

Description:

Acetaminophen administered by rectal suppository.

Treatment:

Drug: Acetaminophen

Drug: Acetaminophen