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A Dedicated Sedation Team for Paediatric Procedural Sedation

Completed
Conditions
Sedation Complication
Registration Number
NCT04760249
Lead Sponsor
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Brief Summary

At a tertiary care university hospital a specialized interdisciplinary team of paediatric anaesthesiologists and paediatric intensivists was established for providing analgosedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The aim of the present study was to analyse the incidence and risk factors of adverse events during procedural sedation performed by the Children's Analgosedation Team (CAST).

Detailed Description

At a tertiary care university hospital a dedicated Children's Analgosedation Team (CAST) performs all procedural sedations in children outside the operating room. Often patient age, comorbidities and procedures involving the airway are considered risk factors for adverse events, but previous studies investigating adverse events did not involve implementation of a specialised sedation team. Medical records of all children receiving procedural sedation by the CAST were reviewed for the incidence of adverse events. A bivariate analysis as well as an analysis of variance using type II Wald chi-square tests were conducted for identifying potential risk factors for adverse Events.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
784
Inclusion Criteria
  • Children (age 0-20 years) receiving procedural sedation
  • Procedural sedation performed by the Children's Analgosedation Team
Exclusion Criteria
  • Missing medical records
  • Procedural sedation not performed by the Children's Analgosedation Team

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of adverse eventsFrom the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug) until the end of sedation (patient regained consciousness), assessed up to 6 hours

Respiratory, hemodynamic, and other adverse events

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) statusAt the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug)

ASA physical status I / II / III / IV

Type and dose of sedativeFrom the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug) until the end of sedation (patient regained consciousness), assessed up to 6 hours

Propofol or Midazolam in mg kg-1

Upper respiratory tract infection (URI)At the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug)

Signs of runny nose and/or cough

AgeAt the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug)

Patient age in month

Date of sedationAt the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug)

Date as YEAR/MONTH/DAY

Category of the primary diagnosisAt the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug)

Diagnosis that prompted the need for the procedure, categorized according to the subspecialty (hematology/oncology, nephrology, hepatology, gastroenterology, metabolic medicine, neurology, pulmonology, cardiology)

Incidence of serious adverse eventsFrom the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug) until the end of sedation (patient regained consciousness), assessed up to 6 hours

Aspiration, vomiting/regurgitation, desaturation \< 90% for \> 30sec, hypotension \< 50% of baseline, laryngospasm, thorax rigidity, unplanned admission to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), cardiac arrest, and death

SexAt the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug)

Male or female

Type and dose of analgesicFrom the beginning of sedation (administration of 1. sedation drug) until the end of sedation (patient regained consciousness), assessed up to 6 hours

Esketamine in mg kg-1 or remifentanil in µg kg-1 min-1

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