A double-blind evaluation of ketorolac tromethamine versus acetaminophen in pediatric tonsillectomy: analgesia and bleeding.

LM, Rusy; CS, Houck; LJ, Sullivan; LA, Ohlms; DT, Jones; TJ, McGill; CB, Berde

doi:10.1097/00000539-199502000-00004

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A double-blind evaluation of ketorolac tromethamine versus acetaminophen in pediatric tonsillectomy: analgesia and bleeding.

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Authors:

Rusy LM

Houck CS

Sullivan LJ

Abstract

The study was designed to compare intravenous ketorolac to rectal acetaminophen for analgesia and bleeding in pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy. We studied 50 patients, aged 2-15 yr undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy. In a randomized, prospective double-blind fashion, p...

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