Does dexmedetomidine prevent emergence delirium in children after sevoflurane-based general anesthesia?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1098-1104

  Shukry, Mohanad ^a,b   Clyde, Mathison C ^c   Kalarickal, Philip L ^c   Ramadhyani, Usha ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dexmedetomidine; Emergence delerium; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; SEVOFLURANE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; EMERGENCE AGITATION; EVALUATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNITED STATES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIRIUM; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644878464     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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