XXXX for pediatric radiotherapy.

@entity1 @entity390 @entity1425 @entity26 @entity391 @entity3652 @entity3303 @entity1875 @entity551 @entity1168
OBJECTIVE: Pediatric radiotherapy is a day care procedure. In @entity1 , anaesthesia is necessary to prevent movement during the therapy. Traditionally intramuscular @entity3652 is used for these procedure because of its inherent safety in a @entity1 who used to be left alone in the cobalt room. METHODS: This study was designed to explore the efficacy of @entity1875 and @entity3652 in pediatric radiotherapy in nineteen @entity1 . The inclusion criteria was a @entity1 fasting for six hours with no fever or URTI in the past week. A @entity1 coming to the radiotherapy (RT) unit without an intravenous cannula was given intramuscular @entity3652 10 mg/kg and taken for the procedure. Before the @entity1 recovered from anaesthesia an intravenous cannula, 20-22G, Vasofix was inserted for subsequent sittings of RT. The @entity1 coming with an intravenous cannula was given @entity1875 2.5 mg/kg with @entity3303 (0.1 mg/kg) without @entity1425 . The parameters recorded were pulse rate, @entity26 saturation and respiratory rate-baseline to every 30 seconds till five minutes. Onset time, recovery time, oral feeding time and any untoward effects like @entity390 , @entity391 , nystagmus were also noted. RESULT: The drug was graded on a scale of 0-10 according to parental acceptability where 0 is the worst and 10 is the best acceptability. The mean (+/-SD) of all the measured parameters were calculated and compared between the two groups. CONCLUSION: @entity1875 was associated with faster onset, better recovery, early oral feeding time, no @entity390 and @entity391 and better parental acceptability. There was no @entity551 , @entity1168 and @entity26 saturation at 60 seconds, which was between 94-95%, was easily treatable with supplementation of @entity26 by face mask.
