Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Comparison of Codeine Phosphate and Morphine Sulphate in Infants Undergoing Cleft Palate Repair

“…These assumptions remain unproven; pediatric anesthetic practice has seen a greater acceptance of the use of potent opioid analgesia where indicated (de Lima et al, 1996). Although local anesthesia alone has obvious advantages (Castilla, 2003), most authors agree that this form of analgesia is a useful supplement but is insufficient alone (Jonas et al, 2003;Monnery et al, 2003).…”