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Colombian Journal of Anestesiology
Print version ISSN 0120-3347On-line version ISSN 2256-2087
Abstract
IZQUIERDO, Ledys M.; MORENO, Nathali and RUIZ, Sebastián. Intravenous lidocaine infusion for the treatment of acute pain in the pediatric intensive care unit: case series. Rev. colomb. anestesiol. [online]. 2021, vol.49, n.4, e501. Epub Aug 26, 2021. ISSN 0120-3347. https://doi.org/10.5554/22562087.e965.
Introduction:
The use of intravenous lidocaine infusion has increased over the past decade as part of a multimodal approach to analgesia in adults; however, information about its safety and tolerability in the pediatric population is limited.
Methods:
Acute pain management using lidocaine infusion in eleven patients treated in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Results:
Five cases of postoperative abdominal pain and six cases of non-operative abdominal pain. Two cases were cancer patients affected by neutropenic colitis. Analgesic control achieved was good.
Conclusion:
Lidocaine infusions are apparently a safe option for the management of acute pain, either post-operative or not, in the pediatric population.
Keywords : Lidocaine; pediatrics; postoperative analgesia; intensive care unit; multimodal analgesia.
