Preoperative caudal block prevents emergence agitation in children following sevoflurane anesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-304

  Aouad, Marie T ^a   Kanazi, G E ^a   Siddik Sayyid, S M ^a   Gerges, F J ^a   Rizk, L B ^a   Baraka, A S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Caudal; Children; Emergence agitation; Fentanyl; Pain; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; SEVOFLURANE;

AGITATION; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCE AGITATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15944363124     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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