A study to find out if the use of artificially scented facemasks with chapstick affects the quality of anaesthesia in childre

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/01/017203
• Lead Sponsor: DR JESON R DOCTOR

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 24 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 304

Inclusion Criteria

Children of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 1 and 2, aged 4-10 years and scheduled for elective diagnostic procedures like bone marrow aspirations and biopsy, intrathecal methotrexate injections, diagnostic radiological procedures and examination under general anaesthesia requiring inhalational induction will be included in the study after parental consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Either the Child ( >8 years- child assent) or parents of the child (4-8 years) do not give consent

2.Children with neurodevelopmental delay, decreased consciousness

3. Children with inability to see and hear

4. Children requiring premedication in preoperative period

5.Children with an IV access in whom an IV induction of GA is planned

6.Children with bronchial asthma or any other known allergies.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To compare the Mask Acceptability in children exposed to fruit flavoured and non-fruit flavoured anaesthetic masks using the mask acceptance score.Timepoint: On holding the mask <br/ ><br>On attaching anaesthesia breathing circuit primed with sevoflurane to the mask <br/ ><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Parent satisfactionTimepoint: POST PROCEDURE IN THE RECOVERY AREA;2.Complications like breath holding,coughing, laryngospasm and bronchospasm <br/ ><br>Timepoint: POST PROCEDURE