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

Background: A questionnaire, modified from the posthospitalization behavioural
questionnaire, was sent to all parents of children under 8 years of age who had elective …

Background The authors conducted a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial to
determine whether the use of sevoflurane in children undergoing anesthesia and surgery …

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

Background In the authors' clinical experience, preschool children are more likely to show
delirium after sevoflurane than are older children. Methods Sixty-three preschool boys aged …

A phase III, open label, randomized study was conducted in 50 patients comparing
halothane and sevoflurane for paediatric day case surgery. A graded inhalational induction …

Background: Behavioral disturbance in children following sevoflurane anesthesia is a
relatively frequent event. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a higher dose of …

Background: Our objective was to compare the recovery characteristics of sevoflurane and
halothane for short day‐case anaesthesia in a specifically limited age group of children 1–3 …

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