A clinical trial to find out whether nasal administration of Ketamine is as good as intravenous route for sedation prior to minor procedures in children presenting to the Emergency department.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Procedural sedation and analgesia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/08/004919
- Lead Sponsor
- one
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age : 1 to 15 years
2. Any procedure requiring sedation for 20 minutes or less eg. Splinting, fracture reduction, wound debridement etc
3. At least 4 hours after last meal
Exclusion Criteria
1. Local problems at the drug administration site
2. Patients in whom pain assessment is difficult
3. Altered mentation (Glasgow Coma Scale 15/15)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method SedationTimepoint: monitored by standard scoring systems at 0,15,30,60,240 minutes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Recovery period, adverse effectsTimepoint: 0,15,30,60,240