Background Emergence delirium has been investigated in several clinical trials. However,
no reliable and valid rating scale exists to measure this phenomenon in children. Therefore …

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) is a common problem in children recovering from
general anesthesia. ED causes disruption in the postanesthetic care unit, making nursing …

Summary Objectives/Aim This randomized control trial was designed to evaluate the
incidence of emergence delirium (ED) in preschool children receiving sevoflurane or …

Background: Emergence delirium (ED) is of increasing interest since the introduction of short‐
acting volatiles such as sevoflurane. Methods: We compared the Pediatric Anesthesia …

A child with emergence delirium (ED) is in a 'dissociated state of consciousness in which the
child is irritable, uncompromising, uncooperative, incoherent, and inconsolably crying …

There remain unanswered questions and implications related to emergence delirium in
children. Although we know that there are some predisposing factors to emergence delirium …

Emergence delirium (ED) is a complex of perceptual disturbances and psychomotor
agitation that occurs most commonly in preschool-aged children in the early postanesthetic …

Pediatric emergence delirium is a postoperative phenomenon characterized by aberrant
cognitive and psychomotor behavior, which can place the patient and health care personnel …

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 …