Procedures
postoperative pain, consolability, Pain, pain
Patients were fasting from clear liquids for 4 h and solid food for 6 h prior to undergoing anesthesia. No analgesic or antiemetic drugs were administrated before the procedure. Thirty minutes before the procedure, patients received an intramuscular administration of 0.01 mg.kgCisatracurium infusion was discontinued 30 min prior to the end of surgery, and 0.5 mg.kgAfter surgery, all patients were transferred to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Extubation was performed after full recovery of spontaneous ventilation and consciousness. Ten min after extubation, pain intensity was firstly evaluated using the face, legs, activity, cry, consolability (FLACC) scale [Postoperative follow-up inwards was performed by research personnel or a healthcare member who was blinded to the allocation of the patient. Postoperative intensity at rest was evaluated using the FLACC scale by the parents. A bolus dose was given to the patient by parents immediately if the FLACC score was above 3. All parents were instructed on how to use the FLACC scale to evaluate postoperative pain intensity by research personnel face to face until they completely understood the method. Pain intensity in response to turning around in bed was evaluated using the functional activity score (FAS) [