Pregabalin Premedication for Conscious Sedation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-05-16
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Conscious sedation is usually required during flexible bronchoscopy. Sedation should be done without causing respiratory depression or loss of consciousness. The present study was designed to evaluate the advantage of pregabalin pre-medication on reducing sedatives and respiratory depression for patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy with dexmedetomidine and midazolam.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Menoufia University
• Treatments: Pregabalin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged between 21 and 65 years old American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status II or III scheduled for elective flexible bronchoscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with known allergy to any drug used in the study, chronic use of analgesics and/or sedatives, substance abuse, sleep apnea, renal or hepatic dysfunction, and psychiatric disorders.