Comparative Evaluation On Efficacy And Safety Of Two Different Doses Of Intravenous Dexmedetomidine On Postoperative Emergence Delirium In Paediatric Patients Undergoing Eye Surgery- A Randomised Controlled Trial

It is a prospective, randomised study comparing efficacy and safety of two different doses of intravenous dexmedetomidine versus placebo (normal saline) given prior to end of surgery to reduce incidence of Emergence delirium in paediatric patients undergoing eye surgery. Extubation time, severity of emergence delirium, postoperative pain, sedation level, adverse effects and haemodynamic parameters in immediate postopeartive period will also be monitored. Study will be conducted at Department of Anaesthesia at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya. Study will include children between 2 to 10 years of age undergoing elective unilateral eye surgery belonging to ASA I and II. It will include 105 children within a course of one year after the initiation of study.