Sevoflurane-emergence agitation: Effect of supplementary low-dose oral ketamine premedication in preschool children undergoing dental surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-358

  Khattab, Ahmed M ^a   El Seify, Zeinab A ^a   Shaaban, Ashraf ^a   Radojevic, Dobrila ^a   Jankovic, Ivanka ^a  

^a Doha Clinic Hospital   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Agitation; Ketamine; Premedication; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGITATED DEPRESSION; AGITATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EXTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUSPENSION; VOMITING; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL SURGERY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RETRACTED ARTICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDAZOLAM; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREMEDICATION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953773560     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328335b2ec     Document Type: Article

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