Gabapentin premedication for postoperative analgesia and emergence agitation after sevoflurane anesthesiain peadiatric patients.

Emergence agitation after sevoflurane anaesthesia in children.

Editor—We read with interest the article by Lee and colleagues comparing propofol and fentanyl for prevention of emergence agitation after sevoflurane anaesthesia in children. We thank the authors for their work in this very common and often very distressing scenario. We would like to raise a few important questions regarding this study. Pain is one of the important causes for emergence agitati...

Effect of Pregabalin Premedication on Emergence Agitation in Children after Sevoflurane Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Study

Background Emergence agitation (EA) is common in pediatrics after sevoflurane anesthesia. Aims We intended to study the effect of preoperative pregabalin on EA in pediatrics after sevoflurane anesthesia. Settings and Design This study design was a prospective randomized controlled double-blinded study. Patients and Methods Sixty children with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical...

A comparison of postoperative emergence agitation between sevoflurane and thiopental anesthesia induction in pediatric patients

BACKGROUND This study was performed to compare the incidence of emergence agitation (EA) between inhalation and intravenous anesthesia induction in children after sevoflurane anesthesia. METHODS In this prospective and double-blind study, 100 children aged 3 to 7 years were enrolled. Subjects were randomly assigned to the sevoflurane (Group S) or thiopental (Group T) anesthesia induction grou...

Clonidine premedication for postoperative analgesia in children.

BACKGROUND Postoperative pain remains a significant problem following paediatric surgery. Premedication with a suitable agent may improve its management. Clonidine is an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist which has sedative, anxiolytic and analgesic properties. It may therefore be a useful premedication for reducing postoperative pain in children. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the evidence for the effective...

oral gabapentin versus rectal diclofenac for postoperative analgesia