Pain block and fentanyl for children's heart surgery
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests a pain-relief method combining a nerve block in the chest with fentanyl (a strong pain medicine) given through the spine for children aged 6 months to 6 years having heart surgery. The goal is to see if this approach works better and reduces the need for other strong pain medicines after surgery.
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Who can take part
- Your child is between 6 months and 6 years old
- Your child is scheduled for surgery to fix a heart problem they were born with
- Your child has not had heart surgery before
- Your child is not on a breathing machine or strong heart medicines before surgery
- During surgery, your child does not need very low body temperature or certain heart medicines except a low dose of dopamine or dobutamine
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