The effect of Co-Amoxiclave on post-adenotonsillectomy pain and bleeding

Phase 3

Conditions: Post-adenotonsillectomy pain and bleeding.

Registration Number: IRCT2014010715496N2

Lead Sponsor: Vice chancellor for research, shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

patients who undergo tonsillectomy. Indication of tonsillectomy is three or more severe recurrent attacks of tonsillitis within each two consecutive years.
Exclusion criteria: medical condition requiring perioperative antibiotics; antibiotics administered within 1 weak prior to tonsillectomy; history of penicillin allergy; children less than 3 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post-adenotonsillectomy pain. Timepoint: 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24 Hours after adenotonsillectomy and then four times a day; before breakfast, lunch, dinner and also before sleep for 7 days after surgery. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale (VAS).;Post-adenotonsillectomy hemorrhage. Timepoint: Primary hemorrhage: hemorrhage before 24 hours after operation and secondary hemorrhage: after 24 hours after operation. Method of measurement: Observation by ENT specialist.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to return to the normal diet. Timepoint: Seven days after adenotonsillectomy. Method of measurement: Questionnaire that fills by the patients or their parents.;Acetaminophen consumption. Timepoint: Seven days after adenotonsillectomy. Method of measurement: Questionnaire that fills by the patients or their parents.;Fever. Timepoint: Seven days after adenotonsillectomy. Method of measurement: The temperature measured by a nurse at the first 24 hour after surgery and by the educated patients or their parents at 2-7 days after operation that records in the questionnaire.