Study of Effect of preoperative oral clonidine on nausea and vomiting after appendectomy surgery in childre
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Appendicitis.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 58
Inclusion Criteria
informed consent of parents, no contraindication for using study drugs, age 3 to 12 year old, scheduled for appendectomy, no history of motion sickness, digestive disorders, or other diseases related to nausea and vomiting, ASA class I & II
Exclusion criteria: any history of drugs for nausea and vomiting and opioids during the 24 hours before surgery, need for a different anesthetic regimen, time limitation for delivering study drugs before surgery
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea. Timepoint: frequency during the first 24 hours after surgery. Method of measurement: history taking from patient or parents or nurses.;Vomiting. Timepoint: frequency during the first 24 hours after surgery. Method of measurement: history taking from patient or parents or nurses.;Need for anti nausea and vomiting drug. Timepoint: frequency of nasea and vomiting during the first 24 hours after surgery. Method of measurement: information taken from patient's records.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Timepoint: every 10 minutes during surgery and every 2 hours postoperatively. Method of measurement: mannometer.;Heart rate. Timepoint: continuously during surgery and every 2 hours postoperatively. Method of measurement: calculation of pulse rate.