Abstract
Background: There are a few instances of dental problems in children that can't be handled effectively in the clinic and should be treated in the hospital setup under general anesthesia and the patients are prescribed painkillers and antacids as postoperative medications. Children treated under general anesthesia are common in pediatric dentistry but prescription of antacids is not very common. Aim: To find the Prevalence of prescribing antacids in children treated under general anaesthesia. Materials and Methods: The study was done in private dental college and hospitals, Chennai India. Patient records were reviewed and the data of 300 patients between September 2020 and February 2021were analyzed. Total sample data was 73 and was minimized by inclusion of all available data. Collected Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software. Data analysis done using chi-square test and p-value was set as 0.05 as level of significance. Results: According to the findings of this research, Among 73 children treated under General anesthesia, 32% had antacid prescribed, while 68% were not prescribed with antacids .while 11-18 years were the most prescribed with antacids than other groups. Conclusion: 32% of the children treated under general anaesthesia were prescribed antacids.
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