Opioid Sparing Analgesia: Dexmedetomidine Versus Lidocaine for Intracranial Surgeries in Children
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Perioperative pain control is necessary in children as inadequate treatment may lead to
progression of perception of pain and development of chronic pain in the future.
Anesthetists tend to adopt approach to perioperative control of pain by non-opioid drugs that
mediate pain modulation. Its use as opioid sparing analgesia in different surgeries leading
to mixed results.