Anesthesia for preventing agitation in children after surgery
Treatments studied
Part of Brain & nervous system, Mental health clinical trials.
This study compares two types of anesthesia gas (sevoflurane/dexmedetomidine vs. isoflurane) to see which helps prevent agitation or confusion when children wake up after surgery. It is for children ages 2–7 having certain ear, nose, throat, eye, or urology procedures with an IV and breathing tube.
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Who can take part
- Your child must be 2 to 7 years old.
- Surgery must be an ear, nose, or throat (ENT) procedure (like tonsillectomy), an eye muscle surgery (strabismus), or a urology procedure.
- Your child will need an IV and a breathing tube during the surgery.
- Your child must not have a severe developmental delay that prevents them from interacting with doctors.
- The anesthesia will be given as gas, not only through the IV (no TIVA).
- Your child cannot have had a severe emergence delirium episode in the past that required extra care.
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