Recovery From Bariatric Surgery Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Effect of Premedication With Melatonin on Postoperative Recovery From Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Randomised Controlled Cohort Study
Melatonin has sedative, hypnotic and analgesic properties that make it a good premedication
agent before anesthesia and surgery.
In this study the investigators intend to randomise 60 patients undergoing bariatric surgery
into two groups. The participants will receive either melatonin or placebo on the evening
prior to the surgery, and the same agent two hours before the surgery.
The patients recovery from the surgery and anesthesia will be assessed using the Q0R15
questionnaire. The patients will be asked to take the questionnaire once in the
pre-operative clinic, again after the second melatonin or placebo pill before entering the
operating room, and once more on the first post-operative day.
Melatonin has sedative, hypnotic, analgesic, antiinflammatory, and chronobiologic properties
that make it a good premedication agent before anesthesia and surgery. Patients undergoing
surgery in our establishment usually receive benzodiazepines as premedicants to reduce
anxiety before the surgery. For bariatric patients benzodiazepines are usually avoided due
to side effects which could be deleterious in obese patients.
In this study the investigators intend to randomise 60 patients undergoing bariatric surgery
into two groups. The participants will receive either melatonin or placebo on the evening
prior to the surgery, and the same agent two hours before the surgery.
The patients recovery from the surgery and anesthesia will be assessed using the Q0R15
questionnaire. The patients will be asked to take the questionnaire once in the
pre-operative clinic, again after the second melatonin or placebo pill before entering the
operating room, and once more on the first post-operative day.
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