* Tonsillectomy is a common pediatric procedure for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and chronic tonsillitis. Up to half of children having this procedure experience a perioperative respiratory adverse event. * We tried to determine whether tulobuterol patch (transdermal bronchodilator) premedication decreases the risk of perioperative respiratory adverse events in children undergoing anesthesia for tonsillectomy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
182
The appropriate time interval between the patch attachment and the end of surgery was within 8 to 10 hours.
The appropriate time interval between the patch attachment and the end of surgery was within 8 to 10 hours.
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
Hyun-Joo Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Jin-Kyung Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Chung-Ang University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
perioperative respiratory complication
laryngospasm, bronchospasm, oxygen desaturation, airway obstruction, severe coughing, postoperative stridor
Time frame: from anesthetic induction to postanesthesia care unit discharge, an average of 3 hours
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