Fasting, Postoperative Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Pain score after inguinal hernia repair surgery in children decreased as time passed in previous studies. Postoperative oral intake is usually resumed two hours after minor surgery in most of institutions, that may influence children's behavior and pain score. A recent study suggest that oral intake one hour after minor surgery does not increase the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. The investigators primary endpoint is to clarify whether postoperative oral intake influences postoperative pain score in children.
Interventions
OTHERtwo hours
OTHERone hour
Sponsors
Ibaraki Children's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Months to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 month to 12 years old children undergoing elective unilateral inguinal hernia repair surgery
Exclusion criteria
* neurological disease, developmental delay
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| whether oral intake influences postoperative pain score in children | 90 minutes after surgery | pain degree is assessed using mCHEOPS and FLACC in young children, and using FPS-R in older (8 years or older) children |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| postoperative nausea and vomiting | 4 hours on average | all children have to stay in hospital for 3 hours, and then, doctors visit the child and decide to discharge or not. Therefore, most of children stay in hospital approximately for 4 hours. |
Countries
Japan
Outcome results
None listed