Research advance in emergence delirium in children with sevoflurane general anesthesia / 上海第二医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

As a non-pungency inhaled agent with less respiratory irritation,sevoflurane has been widely used in various surgeries for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.However,the incidence of pediatric emergence delirium has been significantly increased with sevoflurane general anesthesia which severely disturbs the surgical effect and increases the requirement of medical staff in post anesthesia care unit.This article systematically reviews the research advance in emergence delirium in children with sevoflurane general anesthesia and introduces the reasonable intervention for the improvement of anesthesia quality.