COMPLICATIONS RELATED CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN SECOND HAND SMOKING PEDIATRIC TONSILLECTOMY PATIENTS

Mustafa Kemal University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Secondhand Smoking

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01942252

Onur Koyuncu (Registry Identifier)

207

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to determine whether high carboxyhemoglobin level is a risk factor for postoperative adverse events in children exposured to carbon monoxide, especially enviromental tobacco smoke.

Full description

Also we want to measure bleeding volume and compare it with the carboxyhemoglobin levels.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Patients 1-12 years old scheduled for adenotonsillectomy; written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Active smokers, history of prematurity, bleeding disorders, hemolysis, severe pulmonary disease, home oxygen use, and inpatient hospitalisation≥24 h.