Children \< 10 years of age often need deep sedation or anaesthesia to allow elective diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging; standard routine protocols are 1. propofol induction without other sedative (Propofol much as needed) or hypnotic drugs and propofol infusion 10 mg/kg h 2. propofol induction with ketamine 1 mg /kg (little repetitive Propofol doses as needed) and propofol infusion 5 mg / kg h both protocols are compared with regard to clinical outcome and, in cases with cerebral MRI, cerebral perfusion/blood flow. Hypothesis: 1. reduces recovery time compared to propofol mono sedation 2. combination of ketamine-propofol increases incidence of Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) compared to propofol mono sedation 3. combination of ketamine-propofol increases global cerebral blood flow and changes regional distribution of cerebral perfusion compared to propofol mono sedation
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
347
Only Propofol titrated for induction, followed by Propofol 10 mg/h as maintenance infusion
Propofol titrated plus additional Ketamine 1 mg/kg at induction, followed by Propofol 10 mg/h as maintenance infusion
University Children's Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Recovery time
Time from end of MRI until recovery defined as Aldrete Score = 10
Time frame: 1 - 3 hours post anaesthesia
Demission time
time until demission
Time frame: 1 - 4 hours post anaesthesia
PONV
Postoperative nausea or vomiting
Time frame: 24 hours
Cerebral perfusion
noninvasive measurement of cerebral perfusion by means of MRI only in patients scheduled for cerebral MRI
Time frame: first 10 minutes of MRI
Incidence of emergence delirium
Time frame: 1 - 4 hours post anaesthesia
Quality of sedation
Extra Propofol doses and total amount of Propofol required, movement artefacts
Time frame: during MRI, on the average 45 minutes
respiratory and cardiovascular adverse events
Time frame: during sedation, on the average 60 minutes
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