Conditions: Tonsillectomy
Keywords: tonsillectomy emergence agitation
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 418
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
To Determine The Efficacy of a Rapid Bolus Injection of Dexmedetomidine on the Incidence of Emergence Agitation in Anesthetized Children and the Cardiovascular Profile of a Rapid Bolus Injection of Dexmedetomidine.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Dexmedetomidine arm 2: Normal saline

Interventions: intervention 1: Dexmedetomidine intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 0.5 micrograms/Kilogram one time bolus 5 minutes prior to the end of surgery intervention 2: None

Protocol document: