Status:
COMPLETED
Very Low Dose Caudal Morphine for Postoperative Pain Management
Lead Sponsor:
University of Oklahoma
Conditions:
Caudal Anesthesia
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-10 years
Brief Summary
This is a chart review. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and side effects of very low dose morphine administered caudally to children that went to surgical procedures that use...
Detailed Description
Caudal anesthesia is the most common technique of epidural anesthesia in children. Caudal anesthesia is recommended for most surgical procedures of the lower part of the body, including herniorrhaphie...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The subject did have elective Urological procedures such us circumcision, orchidopexy and inguinal hernia repair, orthopedic and general surgery procedures for which caudal block are usually administered for pain management.
Exclusion
- Subjects with non elective or emergency surgery (must have the surgery no matter what).
- Subjects with surgical procedures that are not planned to be conducted with the use of general anesthesia. Subjects that are not allowed to receive the anesthesia agents indicated per protocol and general anesthesia.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, Physical Status classification greater than 2 (uncontrolled systemic disease or more than one systemic disease).
- Patients with a history of chronic pain conditions.
- Infection around the sacral hiatus.
- Coagulopathy.
- Anatomic abnormalities.
- Patient with mentally retardation.
- Patient with history of attention deficit and/or behavioral problems.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 11 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
33 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00938821
Start Date
January 1 2010
End Date
December 11 2012
Last Update
November 21 2017
Active Locations (1)
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The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Deparment of Anesthesiology
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104