Pain Assessment in the Perioperative Area (EMLA)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain, Procedural

Treatments: Device: IV cannulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04212208

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is mainly focusing on reducing the pain scores during IV cannulation in pediatric population in the preoperative period. Applying EMLA cream is a well-known fact world wide. we would like to study the effect of ultrasound waves in the penetration of the given drung into the skin so that we could achieve the effect of the drug quickly.

Full description

To assess the intensity of pain in children in the perioperative area during IV cannulation using a combination of EMLA cream and low-frequency USG probe. To assess the intensity of pain in children in the perioperative area during IV cannulation using a combination of EMLA cream and high-frequency USG probe and final comparison between these groups will assess the effect of ultrasound in the penetration of the drug into the skin.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children in the preoperative period.

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

EMLA cream + High-frequency USG probe kept for 15minutes.After 15 minutes IV cannulation will be done and Pain intensity assessment will be done using Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R)

Treatment:

Device: IV cannulation

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

EMLA cream+Low frequency USG probe kept over the cream for 15 minutes. IV cannulation will be done and Pain intensity assessment will be done using Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R)

Treatment:

Device: IV cannulation