Use of Intraoperative Clonidine for Prevention of Postoperative Agitation in Pedriatic Anesthesia With Sevoflurane.

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine efficacy of intraoperative clonidine to prevent postoperative agitation in pediatric anesthesia with sevoflurane.

Timeline

Start

2013-08

Primary completion

2014-12

Completion

2014-12

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The frequency of ED was significantly decreased in the group of children who received clonidine (17.2% vs. 57.6%; PMID 33712253 ↗

Publications

• Background Hudek K. Emergence delirium: a nursing perspective. AORN J. 2009 Mar;89(3):509-16; quiz 517-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2008.12.026.
• Background Silva LM, Braz LG, Modolo NS. Emergence agitation in pediatric anesthesia: current features. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2008 Mar-Apr;84(2):107-13. doi: 10.2223/JPED.1763.
• Results Kulka PJ, Bressem M, Tryba M. Clonidine prevents sevoflurane-induced agitation in children. Anesth Analg. 2001 Aug;93(2):335-8, 2nd contents page.
• Results Malviya S, Voepel-Lewis T, Ramamurthi RJ, Burke C, Tait AR. Clonidine for the prevention of emergence agitation in young children: efficacy and recovery profile. Paediatr Anaesth. 2006 May;16(5):554-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01818.x.
• Results Fazi L, Jantzen EC, Rose JB, Kurth CD, Watcha MF. A comparison of oral clonidine and oral midazolam as preanesthetic medications in the pediatric tonsillectomy patient. Anesth Analg. 2001 Jan;92(1):56-61. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200101000-00011.
• Results Tazeroualti N, De Groote F, De Hert S, De Ville A, Dierick A, Van der Linden P. Oral clonidine vs midazolam in the prevention of sevoflurane-induced agitation in children. a prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Br J Anaesth. 2007 May;98(5):667-71. doi: 10.1093/bja/aem071. Epub 2007 Apr 7.
• Sousa-Junior FA, Souza ASR, Lima LC, Santos IGM, Menezes LAP, Ratis PAPL, Couceiro TCM. Intraoperative clonidine to prevent postoperative emergence delirium following sevoflurane anesthesia in pediatric patients: a randomized clinical trial. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2021 Jan-Feb;71(1):5-10. doi: 10.1016/j.bjane.2020.12.003. Epub 2020 Dec 25.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.