Pediatric anesthesia represents a specialised field that addresses the unique physiological and psychological needs of children during surgical care. A well-recognised challenge within this discipline ...

A study, published in Europe PMC, examined risk factors associated with anesthesia emergence delirium in pediatric patients that underwent outpatient surgery. Márcio Augusto Tavares Paes Barreto, MD, ...

More than a half dozen behaviors, including tensed eyelids and no vocalizations, indicate that pediatric dental patients are experiencing delirium as they awaken from anesthesia, according to a study ...

Popsicles may effectively alleviate postoperative emergence agitation in pediatric patients given sevoflurane for oral surgery, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Pediatric ...

A new study strengthens emerging evidence that the act of going under anesthesia and coming out of anesthesia are distinct neurobiological processes. It also found that the parietal region of the ...

Awakening from anesthesia is often associated with an initial phase of delirious struggle before the full restoration of awareness and orientation to one's surroundings. Scientists now know why this ...

Emergence delirium - a confused state during recovery from anesthesia that may include disorientation, hallucination, restlessness and purposeless hyperactivity - does not affect a child's behavior ...

The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have recently ...