Influence of 0.75% Ropivacaine Topicalization on Emergence Agitation in Children

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Emergence agitation (EA) is highly prevalent in children after surgery. Risk factors for EA are Eye, nose and throat (ENT) surgery, preoperative anxiety, postoperative pain. There are several preventive strategies but none of them completely prevent EA.

Topical application of ropivacaine can reduce post-tonsillectomy pain. Therefore, it might reduce the incidence of postoperative EA.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ajou University School of Medicine
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of anesthesiologist physical status class I/II

• tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy under general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• obstructive sleep apnea

• developmental delay attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, allergy to local anesthetics, convulsion disorder