Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01512355
The Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Decreasing Emergence Agitation and Delirium in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Strabismus Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 88 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 5 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Postoperative agitation in children is a well-documented clinical phenomenon with incidence ranging from 10% to 67%. Recently, dexmedetomidine has been investigated extensively in the pediatric population and there is now increasing evidence to support the use of this drug as sedative and anesthetic adjunct in children. The purpose of this study is to determine whether prophylactic use of intraoperative dexmedetomidine to prevent of emergence delirium.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Dexmedetomidine | After, induction of general anesthesia, dexmedetomidine 0.2 mcg/kg/hr continuous intravenous infused during the surgery |
| DRUG | placebo group | normal saline\_02mcg/kg/hr |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-03-01
- Completion
- 2012-03-01
- First posted
- 2012-01-19
- Last updated
- 2015-07-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: South Korea
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01512355. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.