The incidence of emergence delirium and risk factors following sevoflurane use in pediatric patients for day case surgery, Kingston, Jamaica

Background and objectives: Emergence delirium is a distressing complication of the use of sevoflurane for general anesthesia. This study sought to determine the incidence of emergence delirium and risk factors in patients at a specialist pediatric hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Methods: This was a...

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Main Authors: Rachel Gooden, Ingrid Tennant, Brian James, Richard Augier, Annette Crawford-Sykes, Kelvin Ehikhametalor, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Hyacinth Harding-Goldson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942014000600413&lng=en&tlng=en