Pain and Anxiety Management With Oral Narcotic for Pediatric Suture Repair

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is:

• To determine whether oral narcotic medication versus placebo improves the pain and anxiety scores for pediatric patients requiring laceration repair in the pediatric emergency department and receiving the standard of care with lidocaine treatment

• To evaluate for a statistical difference in pain scores in children during laceration repair

• To evaluate for a statistical difference in State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) scores during laceration repair

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Children's Hospital
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Acetaminophen, hydrocodone drug combination; Hydrocodone; Narcotics; Oxycodone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 2 to 17 years

• Laceration of the skin and/or subcutaneous tissue requiring sutures

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score of I or II

Exclusion Criteria:

• Major injuries in addition to laceration (suspected fracture, intracranial, intrathoracic, or intraabdominal bleeding or organ injury)

• Abnormal neurologic examination (such as head injury)

• Severe congenital heart disease

• Pregnancy

• Known opiate or acetaminophen allergy

• Require conscious sedation

• Have had narcotic or acetaminophen administration within 4 previous hours