Emergence agitation: current knowledge and unresolved questions

Emergence agitation in pediatric anesthesia: current features.

OBJECTIVE Postoperative agitation in children is a well-documented clinical phenomenon with incidence ranging from 10% to 67%. There is no definitive explanation for this agitation. Possible causes include rapid awakening in unfamiliar settings, pain (wounds, sore throat, bladder distension, etc.), stress during induction, hypoxemia, airway obstruction, noisy environment, anesthesia duration, c...

Management of emergence agitation.

petencies give an indication of the ability of an SHO to perform basic anaesthetic skills, these skills are not adequate by themselves to allow safe independent practice. A course covering the management of critical incidents should form part of the basic curriculum for novice anaesthetists prior to being placed on the on-call rota. Having the opportunity to manage these types of cases in a con...

Emergence agitation in children

unclear. Interestingly, the authors made a behavioural assessment within 1 week and found no functional deficits, but the tests used lacked discrimination of motor or sensory deficits, paraesthesia, or painful neuropathies Therefore, functional data should be interpreted with caution. Objective evaluation of nerve injury, for example, myelin damage, is missing. Behavioural assessment is challen...

Revisiting unresolved questions: land, food and agriculture

Paediatric Emergence Agitation: Management Options

Emergence Agitation (EA) is a common postoperative problem especially in children. It is more common in paediatric age group especially with low blood gas solubility inhalational agents like Sevoflurane and Desflurane. Other factors contributing to increase EA are head and neck surgeries, preoperative anxiety and pain. It increases the risk of postoperative physical trauma to patient like surgi...