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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of using a cuffed endotracheal tube (ETT) on the oxygen concentration in the oropharynx during adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, or adenotonsillectomy. The study hypothesis is that inflation of the cuff on the ETT will eliminate contamination of the oropharynx with the inspired anesthetic gases and decrease the oxygen concentration in the oropharynx.
A randomized, controlled, single-blinded study comparing conventional postoperative analgesia with paracetamol-on-demand with the same regime plus acupuncture. The hypothesis is that postoperative treatment of children undergoing tonsillectomy with acupuncture will reduce pain with minimal unwanted effects.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of tranexamic acid prior adenotonsillectomy in children can reduce surgical and postoperative bleeding.
The aim of the current study is to compare the use of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and endotracheal tube (ETT) in pediatric adenotonsillectomy. The primary objective is to assess the incidence of post-operative laryngospasm between the LMA and ETT. The investigators also sought to compare anesthetic, operative, and recovery times in the LMA and ETT groups. We hypothesized that the LMA would be a safe efficient alternative to the ETT.
The investigators' study will involve the administration of either placebo or celecoxib to children aged 2 to 18 years of age undergoing tonsillectomy and assessing pain relief, impact on quality of life and side effect profile.
Intravenous (IV) morphine requirement for immediate postoperative pain control depends upon the complex interplay of patient history, wound severity, environment, and genetics. Even for relatively uniform stimulus intensity, such as that associated with tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A), there can be marked individual variability in response to morphine. Some patients are refractory to standard doses and need increased amounts. Others are sensitive, require less drug to attain acceptable pain levels, and/or experience unwanted side effects that limit dosing. A significant number must be switched to different analgesics altogether. Despite the long clinical history of morphine as a postoperative analgesic, researchers have only begun to examine the origins of response variability. The investigators will look at 2000 retrospective Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (T&A) cases and using this data and incorporating additional patient, surgical, and environmental factors that may contribute to response variability, the investigators then propose a prospective genome-wide association (GWA) study of 1500 children ages 4 to 18 years treated with IV morphine sulfate for day surgery T&A.
This is a children's study evaluating the effects of a tonsillectomy with tonsillar fossae closure compared to without closure of the operative wound.
To determine whether a 3-day course of postoperative antibiotics is effective as a 7-day course in reducing pain and reducing time to resumption of normal diet and activity following pediatric tonsillectomy
The primary hypothesis tested in this project is that the preoperative behavioral stress response predicts postoperative behavioral and clinical recovery of children undergoing surgery.