Lidocaine Infusion for Pain Relief in Children Scheduled for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Lidocaine is widely available and is a very commonly used local anesthetic. When administered intravenously, lidocaine infusions have anti-inflammatory effects and have significantly decreased the reliance on opioid use for adequate pain management in adult abdominal and spine surgeries. A major advantage of lidocaine infusion is that it is not associated with a significant side effect profile.The role of lidocaine in pediatric acute perioperative pain remains limited.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• scheduled tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy with or without myringotomy/PE tubes at Hasbro Children's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of allergies to local anesthetics

• physical or developmental delays

• psychiatric illness

• current use of sedative or anticonvulsive medications

• use of premedication (oral/nasal)

• pre-existing cardiovascular, renal, or hepatic disease

• pre-existing cerebral or neuromuscular disease

• patient with personal or family history of malignant hyperthermia

• recent history of upper respiratory infection within last 7 days

• regular use of analgesic medications