Open AccessComparative evaluation of incidence of emergence agitation and post-operative recovery profile in paediatric patients after isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Raghvendra Singh,
Meera Kharbanda,
Neha Sood,
Vikram Mahajan,
Chitra Chatterji
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.96325
Subject(s) - medicine , desflurane , emergence delirium , anesthesia , isoflurane , sevoflurane , pacu , incidence (geometry) , general anaesthesia , statistical significance , exact test , delirium , surgery , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
Emergence agitation (EA), although well documented in the clinical literature, still has uncertainties and confusion abound on this subject because of the absence of a clear definition and lack of reliable and valid assessment tools.