Intranasal Dexmedetomidine Sedation for Pediatric CT Imaging

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2014-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study has the objective to determine if intranasal dexmedetomidine, a sedative, is suitable for pediatric sedation in children undergoing tomographic scans.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
• Collaborators: Boston Children's Hospital; Boston Children’s Hospital
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children between 1 month to 15 years old undergoing CT scans in the pediatric emergency department

Exclusion Criteria:

• Glasgow coma scale < 13

• Epistaxis or suspected base skull fracture

• Use of contrast or need for an IV line before sedation

• Uncontrolled gastroesophageal reflux or vomiting

• Current (or within past 3 months) history of apnea of prematurity requiring an apnea monitor

• Acute, unstable respiratory disease

• Unstable cardiac status

• Craniofacial anomaly

• Medication use: digoxin

• Moya Moya Disease

• New onset stroke

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status ≥3