Pupil response to painful stimuli during inhalation anaesthesia without opioids in children.

Sang Hwan JiSung-Ae ChoYoung-Eun JangEun-Hee KimJi-Hyun LeeJin-Tae KimHee Soo Kim

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2022)

We suggest dilation of the pupil and decrease in NPi can indicate response to noxious stimuli in children. Regardless of sufficiency of analgesia, pupil dilation and decrease in NPi were observed after skin incision in children under general anaesthesia with 1 MAC of sevoflurane and intravenous acetaminophen.

Keyphrases

young adults
pain management
chronic pain
high dose
low dose
soft tissue
wound healing