Clinical trials: Laceration Repair, Children
Anxiety, Lacerations
Intranasal Midazolam for Treatment of Anxiety in Children Undergoing Suturing in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Laceration repair can cause significant anxiety in children. As open wounds account for 21-25% of injuries in children presenting to the emergency department, the management of anxiety is of great importance.
- Trial name
- NCT02618772
- Testing
- Midazolam, Saline
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Procedural Anxiety, Laceration of Skin
Virtual Reality for Anxiolysis During Laceration Repair in the Pediatric Emergency Room
The investigators propose a pilot study to examine the feasibility of utilizing immersive virtual reality to reduce procedural anxiety in children undergoing non-facial laceration repair in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Trial name
- NCT03475901
- Testing
- Virtual Reality App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Needlestick Injuries
Blunt Needles do Not Reduce Needlestick Injuries to Doctors During Suturing After Child-Birth
The hypothesis for this study is that use of blunt tipped needles used during the repair of an episiotomy (tear in the vagina after childbirth) will result in fewer needlestick injuries to the surgeon.
- Trial name
- NCT00536289
- Testing
- Blunt needle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 438 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina