Efficacy and safety of hydromorphone for postoperative analgesia in children / 中国小儿急救医学

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Objective:To investigate the efficacy and safety of hydromorphone for postoperative analgesia in children with congenital heart disease, and provide a suitable reference dose for postoperative analgesia in children.Methods:Using a prospective study, 157 patients with congenital heart disease(ASA Ⅱ- Ⅳ) admitted to pediatric intensive care unit at Children′s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from November 2019 to November 2021 were randomly divided into five groups.Low-dose hydromorphone group (H1 group, 30 cases) hydromorphone dose ≥2 and <3 μg/(kg·h), hydromorphone medium-dose group (H2 group, 30 cases) hydromorphone dose ≥3 and <4 μg/(kg·h), high-dose hydromorphone group (H3 group, 31 cases) hydromorphone dose ≥4 and ≤5 μg/(kg·h), sufentanil group (S group, 36 cases) the dose of sufentanil was 0.08 μg/(kg·h), morphine group (M group, 30 cases) the dose of morphine was 20 μg/(kg·h). The five groups of children received midazolam 2 μg/(kg·min) intravenously at the same time as sedative therapy.Pain score and sedation score were scored at 1 h, 4 h, 8 h, 12 h, and 24 h after operation.Heart rate, mean arterial pressure, blood glucose, lactate, and serum cortisol levels were also monitored and detected, and the occurrence of adverse reactions, the number of cases requiring additional analgesic and sedative drugs, as well as the duration of mechanical ventilation were compared.Results:(1) There were no significant differences regarding the age, body weight, cardiopulmonary bypass time, pediatric critical illness score and ASA score among five groups (all P>0.05). (2) There was no significant difference in the levels of respiration, heart rate, blood sugar, lactate and serum cortisol among five groups after operation.There was no significant difference in preoperative mean arterial pressure among the groups, but there was significant difference in the postoperative mean arterial pressure among the groups at 4 h and 8 h( P<0.05). (3) The analgesic satisfaction of H1 group, H2 group and H3 group at 1 h, 4 h, 12 h and 24 h after operation was significantly higher than that in M group ( P<0.05). There was no significant difference in analgesic satisfaction among H1 group, H2 group and H3 group at each time point.(4) The sedation satisfaction of H1 group, H2 group and H3 group at 4 h and 24 h after operation was significantly higher than that in M group ( P<0.05). There was no significant difference in sedation satisfaction among H1 group, H2 group and H3 group at each time point.(5) There was no significant difference in postoperative analgesia satisfaction and sedation satisfaction between H1 group, H2 group, H3 group and S group.(6) Children in H1 group[1(0, 2)], H2 group[1(0, 2)], H3 group[1(0, 2)] had fewer additional doses within 24 hours than that in M group[2(2, 3)]( P<0.05), and fewer children in H1 group, H2 group and H3 group had been given analgesic sedatives than that in M group ( P<0.05); The extubation time was shortest in H2 group and S group[H2 group(88.3±2.9) h, S group(85.9±3.0) h]. (7) There were no adverse reactions in H1 group, H2 group, H3 group and S group, and there were two cases of apnea in M group. Conclusion:The analgesic effect of hydromorphone in children with congenital heart disease after surgery is better than that of morphine, and the effect of hydromorphone is comparable to that of sufentanil.Hydromorphone 3-4 μg/(kg·h)+ midazolam 2 μg/(kg·min) can achieve satisfactory analgesic and sedative effects in children after congenital heart surgery, with few adverse reactions, safe and reliable, which is an excellent choice for postoperative analgesia and sedation in children.