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Outcomes of Carbohydrate Loading Paediatric Patients Preoperatively for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:
Observational Outcomes in Paediatric Patients Who Receive Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading for Adenoidectomy and Tonsillectomy, a Randomised Control Trial

Clinical Trial Summary

Randomised control trial of 150 paediatric patients aged between 3-8years. One group will receive a preoperative carbohydrate oral drink and the other group will receive current standard care (no drink) prior to undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.

Outcomes to be reported will be: 1) patient and parent satisfaction; 2) post operative pain score at: recover, 1 hour post op, prior to discharge home and then day 1 postoperatively; 3) PONV rates in recovery, prior to discharge home and again on Day 1 postoperatively; 4) sleep quality night after surgery.

Clinical Trial Description

Children undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy will be consented via parents prior to the day of surgery and then randomised to 1 of 2 groups who will either receive the intervention or current standard care. Patients will be recruited from the ENT outpatient clinics in conjunction with the ENT surgeons.

Data collection will be undertaken with the aid of experience research assistants. ;

Study Design

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT03639012
Study type Interventional
Source IWK Health Centre
Contact Jessica A Gray, MBBS, M.Med
Phone 9024733721
Email jessica.gray@iwk.nshealth.ca
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date September 2018
Completion date June 2020
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