Background: No standardized instrument exists for the systematic analysis of emergence
behaviour in children after anaesthesia. Our purpose was to evaluate children's behaviour …

Background: Behavioral disturbance following hospitalization is a relatively frequent event,
some children still having negative behavioral changes (NBC) 1 month following their …

Background: Children display a variety of behaviour during anaesthetic recovery. The
purpose of this study was to study the frequency and duration of emergence behaviour in …

Background: Hospitalization and anesthesia can have a substantial psychological impact on
children, which may be manifested by negative behavioral change. The primary aims of this …

Background: Factors such as age, sex, behaviour problems, fears, earlier traumatic hospital
events and reactions to vaccination were assessed together with behaviour observed before …

Background: Emergence distress commonly occurs in children recovering from the
immediate effects of general anaesthesia. This study was performed to (1) examine whether …

The relevant literature since the 1940s has been collected from the Medline database, using
the keywords: child, operation, anxiety, distress, postoperative complications, preparation …

BACKGROUND: It is documented that children experience distress at anesthesia induction,
but little is known about the prevalence of specific behaviors exhibited by children …

Background Emergence delirium and emergence agitation have been a subject of interest
since the early 1960s. This behavior has been associated with increased risk of injury in …

Background: Emergence delirium (ED) frequently occurs in young children awakening from
general anesthesia (GA). To date, research is limited by scales that are unable to …