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A study to find out if the use of artificially scented facemasks with chapstick affects the quality of anaesthesia in children

Does the use of artificially scented facemasks with commercial chapstick affect the quality of inhalational induction in paediatric patients? -A randomised controlled pilot study.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/01/017203
Enrollment
304
Registered
2019-01-22
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Flavoured mask group: children will be induced with masks smeared with a flavor using a chapstick (NiveaTM strawberry fragrance chapstick): Induction of anaesthesia will be carried out

Sponsors

DR JESON R DOCTOR
Lead Sponsor
DR GAYATRI CHAUDHARI
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 1 and 2, aged 4-10 years and scheduled for elective diagnostic procedures like bone marrow aspirations and biopsy, intrathecal methotrexate injections, diagnostic radiological procedures and examination under general anaesthesia requiring inhalational induction will be included in the study after parental consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Either the Child ( >8 years- child assent) or parents of the child (4-8 years) do not give consent 2. Children with neurodevelopmental delay, decreased consciousness 3. Children with inability to see and hear 4. Children requiring premedication in preoperative period 5. Children with an IV access in whom an IV induction of GA is planned 6. Children with bronchial asthma or any other known allergies.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the Mask Acceptability in children exposed to fruit flavoured and non-fruit flavoured anaesthetic masks using the mask acceptance score.Timepoint: On holding the mask On attaching anaesthesia breathing circuit primed with sevoflurane to the mask

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Parent satisfactionTimepoint: POST PROCEDURE IN THE RECOVERY AREA;2. Complications like breath holding,coughing, laryngospasm and bronchospasm Timepoint: POST PROCEDURE

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Gayatri Chaudhari

TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

jesonrdoctor@gmail.com02224177085

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026