Intravenous Lidocaine in the Prevention of Postoperative Vomiting in Elective Tonsil Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

There some evidence regarding the effect of lidocaine for the prevention of nausea and vomiting in adults.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children between 2 and 12 years

• ASA I or II

• Programmed for elective tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy under general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Obesity, defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥ 95th percentile for age and sex.

• Use of antiemetic drugs during the 24 hours before surgery.

• Gastroesophageal reflux.

• History of allergy to any of the drugs used in the study.

• Down Syndrome.