Gabapentin as Adjuvant for Postoperative Pain in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study is a clinical trial, prospective, randomized and double-blinded. Gabapentin oral 10 mg/kg was administered to reduce the pain intensity as well as the opioid consumption in children from 3 months to 16 years submitted unilateral limb surgery.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin
• Collaborator: Fortaleza University
• Treatments: Gabapentin; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Children between 3 months and 16 years who were previously healthy submitted to unilateral lower limb surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

Children cardiac, pulmonary, renal and neurological diseases and allergy and refusal of parents, caregivers and patients to participate in the study.