Dexmedetomidine use in pediatric strabismus surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Common complications of pediatric strabismus surgery, including emergence agitation (EA), postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and postoperative pain, may be prevented using dexmedetomidine, which is an anxiolytic and analgesic. This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the effects of dexmedetomidine in patients who had undergone pediatric strabismus surgery.

Method

Five databases were searched for randomized controlled trials published from database inception to April 2020 that compared dexmedetomidine use with placebo or active comparator use and evaluated EA, PONV, or postoperative pain incidence (main outcomes) in patients who had undergone pediatric strabismus surgery. Oculocardiac reflex (OCR) incidence and postanesthesia care unit (PACU) stay d

SUBMITTER: Chiang FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7549777 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature