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

NCT02534168 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 162

Last updated 2025-07-14

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Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Skin conductance monitor for measuring skin conductance

The Skin conductance monitor for measuring skin conductance on the palm of the hand or sole of the foot in microSiemens (µS); it then calculates the number of skin conductance responses per second and the area under the registration curve. The device records sympathetic autonomous nervous system through its effect on skin. The device (Med-Storm Innovation AS, Gimle Terrasse 4, NO-0264 Oslo, Norway, [email protected]) includes cables, skin electrodes, a measurement unit and a monitor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Priti G Dalal, MD, FRCA · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Eligibility

Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-16
Primary Completion
2020-08-12
Completion
2020-08-12

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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