Does adding clonidine to local anesthetic reduce pain and emergence agitation (confusion and aggression that can occur when a person is coming round from general anesthesia) in children and young adults undergoing cleft lip and cleft palate repair surgery?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block in cleft lip and palate repairSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13265788
- Lead Sponsor
- Operation Smile
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 124
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children or young adults aged 6 months or older
2. Scheduled for cleft lip or cleft palate surgery under general anesthesia between September and October 2014
Exclusion Criteria
1. Lack of consent from patients or their parents
2. Allergy to local anesthetics
3. Coagulation disorders
4. Local infection or lesion at the proposed puncture site
5. Language difficulties
6. Cognitive disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Emergence agitation. Trained nurses scored the child’s level of agitation using the Watcha scale every 15 min during the first 45 min post-anesthesia. The Watcha Scale is a four-point scale with the highest overall sensitivity and specificity. A child with a score of >2 can be considered to have emergence agitation or delirium.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method