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Emergence Delirium in Pediatric Patients

SeA Shin1†, Faye Evans2, Keira Mason3
1Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts,
USA
2Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Edited by: Dr. Kate Wilson
†Corresponding author e-mail: sea.shin@childrens.harvard.edu

Published March 2, 2021

Abstract

Emergence Delirium is a transient state of irritability and distress after discontinuation of anesthesia. This tutorial reviews what we currently know about emergence delirium, who is at risk for developing, and the pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic intervention that can be used to treat it.

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