Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialPharmacokinetics and analgesic effect of ropivacaine following ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block in children.
The aim was to investigate the efficacy, tolerance and pharmacokinetics of ropivavcaine when administered for ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric block in children. ⋯ A dose of 3 mg.kg-1 of ropivacaine given as a single ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block in 1-12-year-old children provides satisfactory postoperative pain relief, and is well tolerated.