A quantitative analysis of sedation in infants with caudal blockade
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- K40.9Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005059
- Lead Sponsor
- Anästhesie, Allgemeine Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 34
Inclusion Criteria
Infants aged between 0 and 3 months
- Lower body surgery with planned caudal blockade
- Written informed consent given by parents after being provided with detailed information about the nature, risks, and scope of the clinical study
Exclusion Criteria
- Parents refusal
- Contraindications against a caudal blockade
- Coagulopathy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main objective of the recent study is to investigate the need of additional anesthetic agents such as Propofol in children with caudal blockade undergoing lower body surgery. <br>To evaluate the level of sedation we use the Comfort-B Skala19 ( a sedation score for children). The evaluation starts at skin incision by the surgery (every 10 minutes) until the transfer to the normal ward.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method