to study the effect of oral gabapentin (5 mg/kg) on emergence agitation after desflurane anesthesia in pediatrics undergoing starbismus surgery
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
75
Patients received strawberry juice 5 ml volume, one hour before induction.
Patients received gabapentin (Neurontin oral solution 250 mg/ml, Pfizer, USA) 5 mg/kg mixed with strawberry juice to constitute 5 ml volume, one hour before induction.
Kuwait Specialized Eye Center
Kuwait City, Kuwait
RECRUITINGemergence agitation incidence and scores
agitation measured by emergence agitation scale: \[1= Obtunded with no response to stimuli; 2= Asleep, but responsive to movement and stimuli; 3= Awake and appropriately responsive; and 4= Crying and difficult to console; 5= Wild thrashing behaviour that requires restraint\]. A score 4 or 5 was considered as agitation and was treated by IV meperidine 0.5 -1 mg/kg increments.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
duration of emergence
The time from the discontinuation of anesthesia till the time of spontaneous eye opening or to verbal command
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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