• Journal of anesthesia · Apr 2016

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    Emergence agitation in children: risk factors, prevention, and treatment.

    • Akihiro Kanaya.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan. a-kanaya@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
    • J Anesth. 2016 Apr 1; 30 (2): 261-7.

    AbstractEmergence agitation (EA) in children is a major postoperative issue that increases the risk of patient self-harm, places a burden on nursing staff, and reduces parent satisfaction with treatment. Risk factors for EA include age, preoperative anxiety, patient personality, pain, anesthesia method, and surgical procedure. Sevoflurane and desflurane are widely used anesthetics due to their low blood/gas partition coefficients, but they have recently been posited as a cause of EA in children. The perioperative administration of opioids, midazolam, ketamine, alpha-2 agonist sedatives, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs has demonstrated efficacy in the prevention and treatment of EA. Maintenance of anesthesia using propofol has also been shown to prevent EA. In children, anesthesia methods that are unlikely to cause EA should be selected, with the prompt adminstration of appropriate treatment in cases of EA.

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