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...

background : emergence agitation is a transient confusional state that usually occurs within 10 to 30 minutes of recovery from general anesthesia. it may lead to serious consequences and increasing hospital costs. this study evaluates the effect of gabapentin on emergence agitation in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery. methods : this randomized, double blind controlled trial enrolled 10...

INTRODUCTION Emergence agitation after intracranial surgery is an important clinical issue during anaesthesia recovery. The aim of this multicentre cohort study is to investigate the incidence of emergence agitation, identify the risk factors and determine clinical outcomes in adult patients after intracranial surgery under general anaesthesia. Additionally, we will deliberately clarify the rel...

BACKGROUND Management of postoperative pain and emergence agitation following adenotonsillectomy in pediatrics has been a major challenge for anesthesiologists. Although analgesic sparing effect of ketamine has been studied during tonsillectomy in pediatrics, there is a lot of controversy about its efficacy. Present study was designed to evaluate the effect of intravenous low dose ketamine (0.2...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Emergence agitation is a common postanaesthetic problem in children after sevoflurane anaesthesia. We aimed to compare the effects of ketamine and midazolam administered intravenously, before the end of surgery, for prevention of emergence agitation in children who received caudal block for pain relief under sevoflurane anaesthesia. METHODS 62 American Society of Ane...

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...