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Study aim
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Investigating the effectiveness of prophylactic adminstration of diphenhydramine, and dexmedetomidine during anesthesia, on theemergence agitation of patients during extubation and the quality of recovery after orthognathic surgeries.
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Design
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Clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups, double-blind, randomized, phase 2-3 on 80 patients. Computer Generated Table was used for randomization.
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Settings and conduct
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Candidate patients for orthognathic surgery in Sina Hospital, Tehran are divided into two groups: dexmedetomidine (D) and Control (C). Before anesthesia , 0.5 mg/kg diphenhydramine is injected (IV). Group C, the same volume of normal saline is injected. Both groups receive 8 mg of dexamethasone IV and during 15 min end of surgey, the remifentanil was stopped, the isoflurane was reduced to50%, and the dexmedetomidine was started at a rate of 1 µg/kg/min. In the control group, normal saline drip is used at the end of operation.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: 1- Age 18 to 60 years. 2- Elective orthognathic surgery. 3- Consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria : 1- Drug addiction 2- Uncontrolled diabetes 3- Uncontrolled blood pressure 4- Glaucoma 5- History of allergy to antihistamine
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group: Intravenous diphenhydramine at the beginning of anesthesia, and dexmedetomidine during the last 15 minutes of surgery to reduce patient agitation during extubation and reduce postoperative pain.
Control group: The control group receives normal saline instead of diphenhydramine and dexmedetomidine.
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Main outcome variables
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The degree of sedation of the patients is evaluated based on the Ramsy sedation scale during trachealextubation, the degree of analgesia of the patients is evaluated based on the vissule analog scale and total analgesia requirement during recovery and 24 hours after the operation.