Emergence agitation in pediatric anesthesia: Current features

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-113

  Da Silva, Leopoldo Muniz ^a   Braz, Leandro Gobbo ^a   Módolo, Norma Sueli Pinheiro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agitation on emergence; Children; Etiology; Incidence; Pediatric anesthesia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC; MELATONIN; MIDAZOLAM; NALBUPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYCODONE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; TROPISETRON;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCE AGITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMNOLENCE; THYROIDECTOMY; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43049105411     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1763     Document Type: Review

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