Chocolate or Sevoflurane: Use of Parosmia to Facilitate More Cooperative Inhalation Inductions in Children

Launched by JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · Jun 6, 2024

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This clinical trial is exploring how a technique called parosmia, which changes the way children perceive smells, can help make the experience of going under anesthesia less stressful. Many children feel anxious and scared during surgery, especially when they have to breathe in anesthetic gases like sevoflurane, which can have an unpleasant smell. The researchers hope that by using parosmia, they can create a more pleasant smell that encourages children to cooperate better during the induction of anesthesia. This is an important step toward improving children's overall experience in the operating room.

To participate in this study, children aged 5 to 12 years old who are generally healthy (classified as ASA I or II) may be eligible. However, children who need emergency surgery, cannot follow pre-surgery food and drink rules, or have certain medical conditions will not be included. Participants will be closely monitored to see if using parosmia helps reduce their anxiety during the process of getting anesthesia. This trial is currently recruiting, and while it is a small-scale study, the findings could lead to larger studies in the future to better understand how to support children during surgery.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Ages of 5-12 years old
• • American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status classification system (ASA) I and II
• • Patients coming from home
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients undergoing emergent surgery
• • Patients who have not adequately maintained preoperative nothing per mouth/os (NPO) status
• • Patients with inability to communicate verbally
• • Tracheostomy patients
• • ASA III , IV, V patients