Adjunctive Atropine During Ketamine Sedation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

• Ketamine seems an obvious choice in the setting of an emergency department

• Ketamine leads to increased production of salivary and tracheal secretions

• Antisialagogues(atropine)therefore have been recommended as a routine adjunct

• We compare atropine with placebo as an adjunct to ketamine sedation in children undergoing primary closure of lacerated wound

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital
• Treatments: Atropine; Ketamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pediatric lacerated patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication of ketamine or atropine