Correlation Between Pain and Emergence Delirium After Adenotonsillectomy in Preschool Children

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of pain, emergence delirium and the combination of those postoperative negative behaviours during the first 15 minutes after awakening from sevoflurane anesthesia in pre-school children. Additionally this study will evaluate the relationship between emergence delirium and postoperative pain behaviour after adenotonsil surgery.

Timeline

Start

2009-11

Primary completion

2010-03

Completion

2010-03

Publications

• Background Holzki J, Kretz FJ. Changing aspects of sevoflurane in paediatric anaesthesia: 1975-99. Paediatr Anaesth. 1999;9(4):283-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00415.x. No abstract available.
• Results Sikich N, Lerman J. Development and psychometric evaluation of the pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium scale. Anesthesiology. 2004 May;100(5):1138-45. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200405000-00015.
• Results Vlajkovic GP, Sindjelic RP. Emergence delirium in children: many questions, few answers. Anesth Analg. 2007 Jan;104(1):84-91. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000250914.91881.a8.
• Results Voepel-Lewis T, Malviya S, Tait AR. A prospective cohort study of emergence agitation in the pediatric postanesthesia care unit. Anesth Analg. 2003 Jun;96(6):1625-1630. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000062522.21048.61.
• Results Dahmani S, Stany I, Brasher C, Lejeune C, Bruneau B, Wood C, Nivoche Y, Constant I, Murat I. Pharmacological prevention of sevoflurane- and desflurane-related emergence agitation in children: a meta-analysis of published studies. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Feb;104(2):216-23. doi: 10.1093/bja/aep376. Epub 2010 Jan 3.

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