Low-dose dexmedetomidine reduces emergence agitation after desflurane anaesthesia in children undergoing strabismus surgery

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 508-516

  Kim, Jeongmin ^a   Kim, So Yeon ^a   Lee, Jae Hoon ^a   Kang, Young Ran ^a   Koo, Bon Nyeo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dexmedetomidine; Emergence agitation; Objective pain score; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; EMERGENCE AGITATION; OBJECTIVE PAIN SCORE; PEDIATRICS;

AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISOFLURANE; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROPOFOL; ROC CURVE; STRABISMUS;

EID: 84894259608     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2014.55.2.508     Document Type: Article

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