Background: Clinical studies have provided conflicting conclusions about whether the
frequency of emergence agitation is increased in children following sevoflurane …

Background: Emergence agitation in children is frequently associated with the use of the
new highly insoluble volatile anaesthetics. Rapid emergence has been cited as one of the …

Background: Sevoflurane has a higher incidence of emergence agitation (EA) in children.
We examined the effect of IV lidocaine doing the incidence of EA and the severity of …

This review assessed the incidence of emergence agitation in children anaesthetised with
either sevoflurane or halothane. The authors concluded that sevoflurane exhibited a …

This study was designed to compare the emergence characteristics of sevoflurane with
halothane anaesthesia in paediatric patients having no surgical intervention. We …

Background: Emergence agitation (EA) is more frequent after sevoflurane anesthesia than
other inhalational agents but the etiology remains unclear. We investigated whether the EA …

IMPLICATIONS: Effective postoperative analgesia may reduce the incidence of emergence
agitation reported with sevoflurane anesthesia. The Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale …

SummaryBackground and objective: In children, emergence agitation frequently complicates
sevoflurane and desflurane anaesthesia. The effect of intravenous fentanyl 2.5 μg kg− 1 was …

Background Emergence agitation (EA) is a common behavioral disturbance after
sevoflurane anesthesia in children. Propofol 1 mg· kg− 1 bolus at the end of sevoflurane …

IMPLICATIONS: The addition of a small dose of fentanyl given to patients undergoing
nonsurgical sevoflurane anesthesia resulted in a significant decrease in emergence …