COMMONLY PRESCRIBED ANALGESICS IN THE CHILDREN TREATED UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA -A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

Introduction: General anaesthesia in children is commonly used in the department of pedodontics in dentistry which was used in doing all procedures in children with anxiousbehaviour, special children, medically compromised or uncooperative children. Managing the Post operative pain is challenging thing in this stage. Aim: The ultimate aim of this study was to analyse the commonly used analgesics used in the children treated under general anesthesia. Materials and Methods: The research was carried out in Chennai, India at Saveetha Dental College between September 2020 to February 2021. The data was collected with the help of DIAS software. Total sample collected was 100 and data was analyzed using SPSS statistical software. The chi-square test was done in this study to analyze the data. Results were collected which were tabulated and bar graphs were made accordingly. Results: 100 Participants (Children) with mean age of 3.22+ 3.110 year age group were included for analysis. It was found that 73.39% of the children were prescribed paracetamol. It was seen that there was no significant association between type of analgesic prescribed and age group (p= 0.167). Conclusion: Paracetamol was found to be the most commonly prescribed drug compared to other analgesics in children under general anesthesia.