Retrospective Analysis of Perioperative Anesthetic Care and Analgesia Management of Patient Undergoing Bilateral Myringotomy With Tube Insertion

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Overview

This is a retrospective chart review. The purpose of this study is to retrospectively examine the use of perioperative analgesics on the incidence of postoperative pain and emergence delirium in patients undergoing bilateral myringotomy with tube insertion (BTI), as well as events associated with treatment including postoperative vomiting and time to discharge.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Otitis Media With Effusion (OME)

Interventions

Myringotomy with tube insertionPROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who underwent myringotomy with tube insertion from January 1, 2015 through February 28, 2015 at NCH. Exclusion Criteria: * None

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Post-operative pain scores

Wong-Baker FACES and/or the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) pain scores

Time frame: 1 hr post-op

Secondary Outcomes

Presence of emergence delirium

Agitation when awakening from anesthesia

Time frame: 1 hr post-op

Post-operative nausea & vomiting

Incidence of nausea and vomiting in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)

Time frame: 1 hr post-op

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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