Effect of Dexmedetomidine on the Characteristics of High Volume/Low Concentration Ropivacaine in a Caudal Block in Pediatrics
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Ambulatory Orchipexy
- Interventions
- Drug: Caudal ropivacaine + normal salineDrug: Caudal ropivacaine + dexmedetomidine
- Registration Number
- NCT02163980
- Lead Sponsor
- Yonsei University
- Brief Summary
The investigators perform this study to evaluate the effects of caudal Dexmedetomidine (DEX) added to high volume/low-concentration of ropivacaine in children undergoing orchiopexy.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
- children undergoing ambulatory orchiopexy,
- ASA status I
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Exclusion Criteria
- mental retardation,
- developmental delay,
- neurological or psychiatric illness,
- coagulation disorder,
- spinal anomalies
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Caudal ropivacaine + normal saline Caudal ropivacaine + normal saline 1.5ml kg-1 ropivacaine 0.15% with normal saline (Control group, n=40). Caudal ropivacaine + dexmedetomidine Caudal ropivacaine + dexmedetomidine 1.5ml kg-1 ropivacaine 0.15% with dexmedetomidine 1 μg kg-1 (DEX group, n=40)
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method vital sign up to 180 min after surgery systolic arterial pressure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method inhalation anesthetics requirements up to 180 min after surgery end-tidal sevoflurane concentration required to maintain hemodynamic changes \< 20% of the preoperative baseline
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine Dep. Of Anesthesiology
🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of