Abstract

OBJECTIVE:TO STUDY INNOVATIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF
ANAESTHESIA FOR CHILDREN UNDERGOING SURGERY.
METHODS:THIS WAS A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY WHERE EVERY CHILD
UNDERGOING SURGERY WAS ENROLLED PRE MEDICATION, INDUCTION AND
RECOVERY.WE DOCUMENTED DOSES OF IV AND INHALATION MEDICATIONS,
HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS AND RECOVERY TIME.DATA ENROLLED IN
PRETESTED ONLINE FORMAT, EXPORTED TO EXCEL SHEET AND ANALYSED.
RESULTS:OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 51 CASES 28(54.9%) FEMALES AND
23(45.1%) MALE. MEAN DURATION OF SURGERY WAS 39.39+/- 20.7 MIN AND
MEAN RECOVERY TIME: 8.53+/- 5.75 MINUTE. WE DID NOT FIND ANY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITH OR WITHOUT REGIONAL
ANAESTHESIA,SURGICAL PROCEDURE OR RECOVERY TIME.RECOVERY TIME
IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH WEIGHT OF CHILD.
CONCLUSION: PROPOSED METHOD OF ANAESTHESIA IS EFFECTIVE, SAFE,
ECONOMICAL,RELIABLE FOR PAEDIATRIC POPULATION FOR OPHTHALMIC
PROCEDURES.