Increasing evidences suggest that dexmedetomidine Pharmacokinetic are different in children. We performed a up-down sequential allocation study to determine the ED50 for rescue sedation following sedation failures in children and to investigate age-related differences in the rescue sedation with dexmedetomidine.
About 150 children who were not adequately sedated ( no evidence of adequate sedation within 30 min after administration of Initial dose of chloral hydrate) were stratified into four age groups as follows: 1-6 month, 7 -12 month, 13 -24 month, and 25-36 month. The intranasal dexmedetomidine dose was determined by the success or failure of rescue sedation achieved by the previous patients, according to Dixon's up-down sequential allocation method. Successful sedation was defined as a MOAA/S(modified Observer Assessment of Alertness and Sedation) of between 0 and 3. The EC50 were estimated from the up-and-down sequences using the method of Dixon and Massey and logistic regression. Patients' sedation status, sedation induction time, time to Wake up, blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation were recorded.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
Children who were not adequately sedated ( no evidence of adequate sedation within 30 min after administration of Initial dose of chloral hydrate) received a bolus of intranasal dexmedetomidine which adjusted by the "Dixon up-and-down method for rescue sedation. The first child received 0.8mcg/Kg of intranasal dexmedetomidine dose (100mcg/ml), and the dose interval was set at 0.1mcg/Kg.
Department of Anesthesiology of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
The median effect dose of intranasal dexmedetomidine
Sedation status was evaluated by a attending anesthesiologists every 5-10 min with a 6-point sedation scale, which was modified from the Modified Observer Assessment of Alertness and Sedation Scale (MOAA/S).successful sedation was defined as an MOAA/S of between 0 and 3
Time frame: up to 1 hours after MRI scaning
sedation induction time
Successful sedation was defined as an MOAA/S of between 0 and 3, and sedation induction time was defined as the time from rescue drug administration to the onset of satisfactory sedation 0 Does not respond to a noxious stimulus 1. Does not respond to mild prodding or shaking 2. Responds only after mild prodding or shaking 3. Responds only after name is called loudly orrepeatedly 4. Lethargic response to name spoken in normal tone 5. Appears asleep, but responds readily to namespoken in normal tone 6. Appears alert and awake, responds readily to namespoken in normal tone
Time frame: up to 30 min after rescue drug administration
Wake -up time
Children were classified as awake if the MOAA/S was between 4 and 6. Wake -up time was defined as the time from successful sedation until the time that the child awoke
Time frame: up to 4 hours after rescue drug administration
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