Midazolam does not reduce emergence delirium after sevoflurane anesthesia in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-352

  Breschan, Christian ^a   Platzer, Manuela ^a   Jost, Robert ^b   Stettner, Haro ^c   Likar, Rudolf ^a  

^a LKH Klagenfurt ^*  (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus Spittal/Drau   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Emergence agitation; Sevoflurane anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESTLESSNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; AGE FACTORS; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIRIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDAZOLAM; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33847612321     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02101.x     Document Type: Article

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