The use of intravenous morphine to treat the pain of children undergoing adenoid and tonsil removal surgeries

Not Applicable

• Conditions: D03.132.577.249.562.571; Tonsillectomy; analgesia; child; postoperative pain; morphine.; E04.580.848; E03.091; M01.060.406; C10.597.617.841

• Registration Number: RBR-3yqqgv
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de Goiás

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Data analysis completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusive surgeries of tonsillectomies, associated or not with adenoidectomies; age between 3 and 10 years; weight between age-related Z 2 and + 2 scores and considered adequate; physical condition with absence of comorbidities or pathological processes other than those related to the process responsible for the surgery (upper airway infection and / or obstruction); absence of chronic diseases or any deficiencies; schedule the child's hospital admission on the morning of the day of surgery, since they were planned for 7:30 am; ability of the child to respond to the visual scale of postoperative pain assessment.

Exclusion Criteria

Children who were not accompanied by parents or caregivers in the postoperative period; patients in whom there was no follow-up of the standardized anesthetic technique in the study; tonsillectomy performed by warm techniques, such as electrocautery and coblation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified