NCT02108795

The Effect of Remifentanil Infusion During Emergence on the Incidence of Emergence Delirium

The Effect of Remifentanil Infusion During Emergence on the Incidence of Emergence Delirium After Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Pediatric Strabismus Surgery

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 86 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Yeungnam University College of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the present study is to assess the effect of postoperative remifentanil infusion on the incidence of emergence agitation in preschool-aged children undergoing strabismus surgery with sevoflurane anaesthesia.

Detailed description

Patients are randomly assigned to one of two groups. Anesthesia is maintained with sevoflurane and remifentanil infusion. All patients received a predetermined concentrations of remifentanil according to their group assignments (control group, remifentanil 0 ug/kg/min; remifentanil group, remifentanil 0.05 ug/kg/min) from 10 minutes before the end of surgery to discharge from postanesthetic care unit. emergence agitation is assessed during the emergence phase.

Conditions

• Delirium

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Remifentanil	Children randomised to remifentanil group receive remifentanil 0.05 ug/kg/min. Children randomised to control group receive normal saline (placebo)
DRUG	Placebo

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-01
• Completion: 2016-05-01
• First posted: 2014-04-09
• Last updated: 2015-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea