Oral Morphine Versus Ketamine in Pain Management

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-11-03
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study will mainly focus on procedural pain management using oral morphine versus rectal ketamine during paediatric burn and wound dressing at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mbarara University of Science and Technology
• Treatments: Ketamine; Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pediatric patients between 6 months and 6-years old scheduled for a minimum of one procedure for burn wound dressing at the pediatric unit at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with rectal or anal pathology,

• Refusal to assent to participate or parental or guardian refusal to consent in the study

• Children who require mechanical ventilation or already intubated in Intensive care unit

• Those allergic to Ketamine or its constituents