Nitrous Oxide Induction Induces Amnesia in Pediatric Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators are conducting a study to investigate the amnestic effects of 2 different concentrations of nitrous oxide in children before induction of anesthesia in a prospective double-blinded placebo controlled study.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: State University of New York at Buffalo
• Treatments: Nitrous Oxide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age: 6-12 years old,

2. ASA classification: 1 and 2

3. Elective surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Uncooperative child needs sedation before induction of anesthesia

2. Developmental delay, ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, congenital and acquired brain disorder, Down syndrome.

3. Those who request for IV induction

4. Those taking sedative medications, anti-seizure medication

5. Those with malignant hyperthermia, muscular dystrophy; those with uncorrected cardiac defects and those with severe or active lung disease

6. Those with elective admissions to PICU with ongoing sedation and tracheal intubation