Sedation and Nursing Management in EEG Recording in Children
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2021-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Electroencephalogram (EEG) has an important place in establishing the correct diagnosis,
providing appropriate intervention, and predicting the prognosis in the long term in
children. When the literature is examined, it is seen that different sedative drugs
(benzodiazepines, barbiturates, phenothiazine, chloral hydrate, hydroxyzine, melatonin, etc.)
and their combinations are used to provide sedation during EEG recordings, but there is no
ideal sedative drug. Nurses working in the field of pediatric neurology in EEG recordings; It
has important roles in preparing the child and parent for the procedure, applying sedation
before the procedure, performing the EEG recording properly, monitoring vital signs during
the procedure, monitoring the effects of the sedative substance after the procedure, and
sending the patient home safely. Pediatric nurses fulfill these roles by adopting a
multidisciplinary team approach. In this context, the aim of our research is; The aim of this
study is to evaluate the effects of chloral hydrate, hydroxyzine and melatonin, which are
used as sedative agents before EEG recording in children, on sleep success, time to fall
asleep, side effects and EEG background.