Ahmad S Abdul-Hassan

Al-Shifaa’ General Hospital, Basrah, Iraq

Publications

• Research Article
  Comparative study between diclofenac and acetaminophen paediatric suppositories on perioperative pain management in orthopaedic paediatric surgeries
  Author(s): Mofeed Y Al-Waa’ly and Ahmad S Abdul-Hassan*
  
  Background: In the paediatric age group, in particular, post-operative pain relief is a crucial part of patient care. Besides local anesthetic agents and opioids, NSAIDs are the most widely used for this purpose. This study is to comapre the effectivess of Diclofenac sodium suppositories versus Acetaminophen suppositories in perioperative pain releif in paediatric orthopaedic patients. Methods: A prospective double-blind randomized comparative study included. Fifty children aged one to eight years undergoing differnt orthopefic surgies. They were randomly allocated to either (Group A) treated with Diclofenac suppositories at the dose of 1 mg/kg-3 or to (Group B) treated with Acetaminophen suppositories at the dose of 15 mg/kg-20 mg/kg. Pain relief assessed by using Faces-pain score from zero to five with a score of three or above is considere.. Read More»
  10.37532/1897-2276.2021.16(1).14