A Trial Of Oral Chloral Hydrate Versus Intranasal Dexmedetomidine For Sedated Abr Exams

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of oral chloral hydrate to intranasal dexmedetomidine for the successful completion of a sedated ABR exam (hearing exam).

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
• Treatments: Chloral Hydrate; Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient scheduled for ABR exam with sedation to be administered according to protocol by nurse in keeping with standard practice at the TCH Audiology clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients younger than 6 months or older than 8 years

• Previously failed sedation

• Weight greater than 25 kg

• Weight less than 5 kg

• BMI above 30

• Diagnosis of ADHD

• Any patient deemed inappropriate for nurse administered sedation

• Patients with any cardiac disease

• Obstructive sleep apnea