Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35, May 2005

Prospective randomised controlled trial comparing rectal versus oral paracetamol and diclofenac in children following appendicectomy

  • S.E. Willey

      Affiliations

    • University of Southampton Medical School, 12 Gravel Lane, Charlton Marshall, Blandford, Dorset DT11 9NS, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: ENT Department, Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2JY, UK. Tel.: 44 1305 251150; fax: +44 1252 544 754.
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  • D.M. Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, UK
    • ,
  • J.J. Nightingale

      Affiliations

    • Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, Portsmouth, UK

Received 7 August 2003; received in revised form 28 February 2005; accepted 4 April 2005.

Summary 

The analgesic efficacy and pharmakokinetics of paracetamol and diclofenac are similar. We have studied the pain reported by patients and the acceptability of the modes of analgesia of 31 paediatric patients undergoing appendicectomy. No significant difference in pain scores or need for rescue analgesia was found. The oral route was preferred.

Keywords: Post-operative analgesia, Rectal, Oral

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PII: S1366-0071(05)00010-0

doi:10.1016/j.acpain.2005.04.001

Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35, May 2005

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