A COMPARITIVE STUDY OF INCIDENCE OF POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECT OF INTRANASAL DEXMEDETOMEDINE VERSUS INTRANASAL MIDAZOLAM AS PREMEDICANT IN CHILDREN

Sinha Ritesh Kumar; Chandra Satish

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

A COMPARITIVE STUDY OF INCIDENCE OF POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECT OF INTRANASAL DEXMEDETOMEDINE VERSUS INTRANASAL MIDAZOLAM AS PREMEDICANT IN CHILDREN

Sinha Ritesh Kumar, Chandra Satish

Abstract :

Background: Anesthesia and surgery represent an enormous time of stress for the child. The purpose of this study is to study of incidence of post operative complications and side effect of intranasal dexmedetomedine versus intranasal midazolam as premedication in children. Methods: This study was conducted as a randomized clinical trial among 60 childrens undergone elective surgery. Group D – children received dexmedetomidine, 1 μg/kg intranasally 40 – 45 min prior to anaesthesia induction. Group M - children received midazolam 0.2 mg/kg intranasally 40 – 45 min prior to anesthesia induction. Results All the children in Dexmeditomidine group had no post operative nausea and vomiting. About 10% of children in Midazolam group had nausea/ vomiting and 90% had no nausea/vomiting. None of the children in Dexmeditomidine group had other side effects and 6.7% of the children in Midazolam group had other side effects