Post-surgical Pain Assessment in Children: Roles of Skin Conductance and Genomics

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

Pain assessment in infants and toddlers is quite challenging since children in these populations are nonverbal or preverbal and cannot describe the presence and severity of pain that they perceive. Over the last decade, advances in the field have included the development of behavioral scoring systems for the assessment of acute pain . However, although they have been validated, these commonly used methods of pain assessment are largely subjective and rely on a highly trained observer. An objective continuous measure of pain would be an important addition to standard behavioral pain scores which require nurses to monitor the child's behavioral responses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02534168

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

162

Starts

2015-11-16

Expected to finish

2020-08-12

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-14

Who can join

Age: any, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children <5 years of age
• Presenting for palatal repair (palatoplasty) or tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status of 1 - 3

You may not qualify if…

• Children > 5 years of age
• On chronic pain treatment
• Pre-operative use of analgesics
• Allergies to any anesthetics or analgesia products
• Diagnosis of Cystic fibrosis
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status > 3

Where it is running

• Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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