Status:

COMPLETED

Emergence Delirium in Children: Total Intravenous Anesthesia With Propofol and Remifentanil Versus Inhalational Sevoflurane Anesthesia

Lead Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Conditions:

Emergence Delirium

Eligibility:

All Genders

2-6 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Emergence delirium (ED) refers to a wide variety of behavioural disturbances that are commonly seen in children following emergence from anesthesia. ED can potentially be dangerous and have serious co...

Detailed Description

Purpose: In children, both propofol-only anesthesia maintenance infusions and single postoperative propofol boluses have been shown to be efficacious at reducing ED when compared with sevoflurane onl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children having general anesthesia for elective strabismus or other suitable minor eye surgery
  • Age ≥ 2 and ≤ 6 years
  • ASA I-II
  • Appropriate procedure and patient for LMA airway management

Exclusion

  • Developmental delay or neurological injury
  • Psychotropic medications or psychiatric diagnosis
  • Abnormal lipid or carbohydrate metabolism
  • Deviations from the anesthesia protocol including an inability to secure pre-anesthetic intravenous access in the TIVA group
  • Severe anxiety in the pre-operative period requiring sedative. premedication according to the staff anesthesiologist's and family's assessment
  • Patients experiencing pain requiring analgesia, postoperative nausea or vomiting (PONV) during the study period
  • Patients seen in the pre-anesthetic assessment clinic, due to habituation to hospital environment
  • Growth chart percentiles of \< 3% or \> 97%

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

112 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00885443

Start Date

February 1 2009

End Date

August 1 2011

Last Update

July 5 2017

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British Columbia Children's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4