IV Acetaminophen in Children Undergoing Palatoplasty
Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This project is being used to assess the utility of intravenous acetaminophen in the
pediatric population undergoing palate repairs. This study is a prospective randomized double
blinded placebo controlled study. The investigators will have two arms, one group of patients
will receive intravenous acetaminophen and one group that will receive a placebo at a total
of four doses over 24 hours. The results of this study may affect the intraoperative
anesthetic management as well as post-operative surgical management of this specific patient
population. The goal is to determine the benefit of adding a non-opioid analgesic and
hypothesizing that it may reduce the amount of narcotic consumption in the post anesthesia
care unit as well as during the post-operative stay.