Anesthesia for the Child with Mild Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: Comparison of intravenous vs. topical lidocaine
- Conditions
- Acute nasopharyngitis.Coryza (acute)Nasal catarrh, acute Nasopharyngitis
- Registration Number
- IRCT138812083436N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 130
All pediatric patients between 1-6 y-old whose parents mentioned mild URI symptoms (nasal discharge or congestion, cough, sneeze) started within last two weeks
No evidence of bacterial infection (axillary temperature more than 38, ill appearance evaluated by anesthesiologist in charge, purulent discharge or sputum)
No evidence of lower respiratory infection (crackle or wheeze)
No evidence of medical condition (respiratory, cardiac or neurologic)
Patients candidate for anesthesia to receive full ophthalmologic examination. These procedures were necessary to perform and further delay would have deleterious consequences.
Exclusion criteria:
Those with a probable difficult airway
Hypersensitivity to drugs
Patients who received hydrocortisone, dexamethasone or extra atropine and vasopressor
Those who required muscle relaxant due to unpredicted surgery plan change
or procedures lasting more than an hour
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cough. Timepoint: Induction, maintenance, emergence, recovery. Method of measurement: observation and questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Desaturation (SPO2 less than 90% for more than one minute). Timepoint: induction, maintenace, emergence and recovery (continuous). Method of measurement: pulsoximetry.;Apnea (no airflow for more than 10 seconds). Timepoint: induction, maintenace, emergence and recovery. Method of measurement: Observation.;Laryngospasm (inspiratory stridor). Timepoint: induction, maintenance, emergence and recovery (every 5 minutes). Method of measurement: observation and questionnaire.;Bronchospasm (inspiratory or expiratory wheeze). Timepoint: induction, maintenance, emergence and recovery (every 5 minutes). Method of measurement: observation and questionnaire.;Vomiting. Timepoint: induction, maintenance, emergence and recovery (every 5 minutes). Method of measurement: observation and questionnaire.;Cardiac event (any medication for cardiac support). Timepoint: induction, maintenance, emergence and recovery. Method of measurement: questionnaire.