Procedural Pain Management by Multimodal Sedation Analgesia Combining Hypnosis in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

About This Study

The aim of this prospective randomized controlled trial is to evaluate therapeutic hypnosis as a co-analgesia in thoracic drain removal in children with congenital heart disease. The hypothesis of this study is that therapeutic hypnosis combined with a minimal effective dose of medicated and inhaled sedation-analgesia is not inferior to higher doses of sedation-analgesia usually employed. This would make possible the reduction of cumulative dose of sedative medication and their side effects.

Conditions Studied

Interventions

• •Hypnosis
• •Conventional medications used for sedation-analgesia
• •Medications used in addition to hypnosis

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged ⩾ 6 years and \<18 years.
* Postoperative cardiac surgery patients with intrathoracic drains (pleural or mediastinal).
* Patients affiliated with or benefiting from a social security or similar scheme.
* Oral consent obtained from minor children
* Written consent from the minor's legal representatives

Exclusion Criteria:

* Psychomotor retardation, cognitive/psychiatric impairment preventing self-assessment of pain
* Absence of at least 1 legal representative of the minor child
* French not understood