Strabismus Recovery With Proparacaine and Oculocardiac Reflex

Alaska Blind Child Discovery140 enrolled

Overview

Observational study to determine if topical anesthetic and intraoperative oculocardiac reflex influence post strabismus surgery recovery.

In an observational study with de-identified data of oculocardiac reflex (OCR) and strabismus surgery under routine anesthesia, a cohort of ongoing patients received topical proparacaine immediately post op, or none. Co-variables were intraoperative opioid and OCR, patient age, type of surgery. Several post-operative recovery outcome variables were prospectively monitored.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

140

Conditions

Strabismus Bradycardia Nausea Pain

Interventions

Topical SolutionDRUG

proparacaine 0.5% eye drop

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 MonthsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Strabismus surgery Exclusion Criteria: * none

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain (post op pain Likert scale)

pain scale description / observation.. Pain is ranked by patient or nurse from 0 (no pain) to 9 (much pain)

Time frame: hours (1-4) in recovery room

Secondary Outcomes

nausea

observed or described nausea (presence or absence of nausea / vomiting)

Time frame: hours (1-4) in recovery room

heart rate

recovery room heart rate

Time frame: hours (1-4) while in recovery room

time to recovery

time in recovery room

Time frame: minutes (30-240) from entry recovery room to discharge

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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