Background Hypoactive delirium is present when an awake child unaware of his or her surroundings, unable to focus attention, and appears quiet withdrawn. This condition has been well-described in the intensive care setting but not extensively studied immediate post-anesthetic period. Aim To determine if hypoactive emergence occurs recovery unit a pediatric hospital, so, what proportion nature. ...

Effect of ketamine versus alfentanil following midazolam in preventing emergence agitation in children after sevoflurane anaesthesia: A prospective random-ized clinical trial. Ketamine is effective in decreasing the incidence of emergence agitation in children undergoing dental repair under sevo-flurane general anesthesia. Effects of ketamine and midazolam on emergence agitation after sevoflura...

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...

BACKGROUND The bispectral index (BIS) and A-line autoregressive index (AAI) are electroencephalogram-derived monitoring indices of anesthesia. This study evaluated the efficacy of BIS- and AAI-guided sevoflurane anesthesia in children receiving ambulatory urologic surgeries. METHODS One hundred sixty children (aged 3-12 years) undergoing ambulatory urologic surgery were randomized to receive ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to test whether pre-operative visual information and parental presence had positive effects on anxiety, delirium, and pain in pediatric patients who awoke from general anesthesia in a post-surgical stage. METHODS This study used a non equivalent control-group post test design (n=76). Independent variables were provision of pre-operative visual information...

Introduction Though postoperative excitement has been a feature of general anesthesia since before the development of most of our modern inhalational anesthetics, the number of studies examining the incidence of postoperative agitation has increased exponentially since the introduction of the poorly soluble inhalation agents sevoflurane and desflurane into routine anesthesia practice. Eckenhoff...

OBJECTIVES/AIM This randomized control trial was designed to evaluate the incidence of emergence delirium (ED) in preschool children receiving sevoflurane or desflurane anesthesia combined with an effective caudal block. BACKGROUND While ED has been described in children receiving sevoflurane or desflurane anesthesia, a direct comparison between the two agents using a validated ED assessment ...

After a period of tremendous excitement and enthusiasm, many industrial people and researchers are disenchanted with computer vision, and others are certainly much less enthusiastic about it. The time has come to regroup. To restore the upward trend of our field, critical introspection followed by serious corrective action is required. Active researchers in computer vision can make it a balance...

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...