Nalbuphine Versus Ketamine for Prevention of Emergence Agitation After Sevoflurane in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-06-25
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The effect of low dose nalbuphine or ketamine in the prevention of emergence agitation after sevoflurane anesthesia in children undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy.

This randomized double-blind study was carried out at, Ain shams University Hospitals, from March 2021 to June 2021 on 90 patients after approval of the ethical committee.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Ketamine; Nalbuphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy

1. Age 4 - 10 years.

2. Sex: Both sexes

3. Patients with ASA classificaion I and II.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Declining to give written informed consent.

2. History of allergy to the medications used in the study.

3. psychiatric disorder.

4. ASA classification III-V.

5. Fever ,cough , asthma or upper respiratory tract infection .

6. Anticipated difficult airway .

7. Hearing defect .

8. Neurological disorder.

9. Family history of malignant hyperthermia .