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 ...

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 ...

Researchers in Japan conducted a randomized clinical trial in 177 children (age, 1 year to < 6 years; 71% boys) scheduled for elective surgery involving the lower abdomen or extremities to assess ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Children coming out of general anesthesia with emergence delirium did not have lasting behavior problems in a small single-center study. Among several dozen preschool-age children ...

The neural mechanisms through which the state of anesthesia arises and dissipates remain unknown. One common belief is that emergence from anesthesia is the inverse process of induction, brought about ...

I have had surgery many times in my life. The most recent surgery was on Dec. 27, 2022, where I was put under general anesthesia. I was aware of many of the potential dangers of anesthesia, but no one ...

Electroencephalography (EEG)-guided management of general anesthesia in children ages 1 to 5 years reduced pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium (PAED), a randomized clinical trial found. Among 177 ...

A recent study published in PLoS ONE suggests that the brain may resist emerging from anesthesia, requiring more anesthetic for emergence from anesthesia than for submergence. According to the study, ...

Pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium (PAED) can include unawareness of surroundings, restlessness, and inconsolability, and can lead to risk of injury and accidental removal of catheters. In this ...

The application of general anesthesia in clinical therapy has been an indispensable part of modern medicine for more than a century. However, due to the complexity of the brain and the extensive ...