Author/Authors :
Shahmohammadi، Soheila نويسنده CRNA, Research Fellow, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran , , Gholipour Baradari، Afshin نويسنده Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran , , Habibi، Mohammad Reza نويسنده Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran , , Saffar، Mohammad Jafar نويسنده Antimicrobial Resistant Nosocomial Infection Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran ,
Abstract :
Emergence Agitation that has been first described by Eckenhoff et al. in
1960’s is a dissociated state of consciousness in which the child is
inconsolable, irritable, uncooperative, typically thrashing, crying, moaning
or incoherent. It is also a common problem in pediatric postanesthetic care
unit with an incidence ranging from 10 to 80%. This literature review
focused on presence of Emergence Agitation and contributing factors in
children under general anaesthesia. It was conducted on Medline in
PubMed area, Alta Vista Data bases, CINHAL and Google scholar in
January 2013 for publications written in English with the following
keywords: “Emergence Agitation, Etiology, Treatment, Pediatric
Anaesthesia, Postanesthetic Care Unit, Children, inhaled anesthetics,
intravenous anesthetics and Post Anesthetic Emergence Delirium”. In this
paper, we intend to review the factors contributing postanesthetic
emergence agitation in children to improve our vision in this area.
