Use of Dexmedetomidine in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine in reducing the need for sedatives and analgesics in the immediate post-operative period in children who underwent surgical correction of complex congenital heart disease

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: age < 24 months but > 30 days, Aristotle score >8, elective procedures in cardiopulmonary bypass -

Exclusion Criteria: atrioventricular block prior to the start of infusion; vasoactive inotropic score on arrival to the CICU>30; brain malformations orbone, muscle or neuromuscolar disease; pleural effusion or pneumothorax prior to the study; hepatic or renal failure

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