Stopped: Unable to obtain funding to initiate/complete study
The hypothesis is that intranasal dexmedetomidine will provide significantly more effective analgesia and anxiolysis for subjects undergoing a simple laceration repair when compared to either intranasal fentanyl or intranasal midazolam. Additional hypotheses include that there will be 1) no significant increase in adverse effects between drugs and 2) significantly higher satisfaction rates for both subject experience and ease of laceration repair based on structured, proceduralist feedback.
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Pain using the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale
Timeframe: through the procedure, an average of 1 day
Anxiety using the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) behavior observation tool
Timeframe: through the procedure, an average of 1 day