Open AccessEmergence agitation prevention in paediatric ambulatory surgery: A comparison between intranasal Dexmedetomidine and Clonidine
Author(s) -
Anindya Mukherjee,
Anjan Das,
Sandip Roy Basunia,
Surajit Chattopadhyay,
Ratul Kundu,
R. Bhattacharyya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/2279-042x.150051
Subject(s) - medicine , pacu , dexmedetomidine , anesthesia , clonidine , emergence delirium , fentanyl , ambulatory , incidence (geometry) , american society of anesthesiologists , sevoflurane , sedation , surgery , physics , optics
Emergence agitation (EA), a short-lived, self-limiting phenomenon, arises frequently after the use of inhalational agents and hampers the implementation of pediatric ambulatory surgery in spite of using so many drugs with variable efficacy.