Conditions: Laceration Anxiety
Keywords: Dexmedetomidine Midazolam
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 40
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The objective of this research study is to show superiority of intranasal dexmedetomidine to intranasal midazolam as anxiolysis prior to pediatric laceration repairs.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Intranasal Dexmedetomidine 2 micrograms/kilogram once arm 2: Intranasal Midazolam 0.4 milligram/kilogram

Interventions: intervention 1: Dexmedetomidine intervention 2: Midazolam
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None

Protocol document: