IGHT OWL: New prediction strategies to help test for obstructive sleep apnoea and correlate patient risk with level of care. A single centre, observational study to investigate the predictive value of procedures to test for obstructive sleep apnoea in children prior to tonsillectomy surgery.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Respiratory complications under general anaesthetic in children undergoing tonsillectomy (+/-adenoids/grommets) procedures.Sleep Disordered Breathing including sleep apnoeaAnaesthesiology - AnaestheticsSurgery - Other surgeryRespiratory - Sleep apnoea
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620001190998
- Lead Sponsor
- Perth Children's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 62
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria
Children aged 1 to 8 years of age
Undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthetic for tonsillectomy (+/- adenoids, myringotomy, insertion of grommets and/or cautery of inferior turbinates)
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria
Need for premedication with midazolam
Contraindication for the use of sevoflurane
Inability to give informed consent
Children with known cardiopulmonary disease
Significant medical disease or condition that is likely to interfere with the protocol or might be confounded by the protocol.
Born less than 32 weeks of gestational age
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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