Timing of laryngeal mask removal in children with a high risk for postoperative respiratory complications –awake or anesthetized?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: respiratory complications in paediatric anaesthesia; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000387224
• Lead Sponsor: Britta von Ungern-Sternberg

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 290

Inclusion Criteria

Children, aged 0 to 16 years, male or female undergoing elective adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomies with or without grommets insertion with one or more of the following risk factors (I-III) with the plan to use a laryngeal mask airway (as assessed by an anaesthetist independent of the study team):

I.Airway susceptibility as defined as 1 or more of the following
a.Cold or flu in the last two weeks
b.Wheezing > 3 times in the last 12 months
c.Wheezing at exercise
d.Nocturnal dry cough
II.Current or past eczema
III.Positive family history as defined as 1 or more of the following
a.=2 family members with asthma
b.=2 family members with eczema
c.=2 family members with hayfever
d.Only mother smoking or mother and father smoking

Exclusion Criteria

Known cardiac disease, airway or thoracic malformations, need for premedication with midazolam.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified