Journal of Perioperative & Critical Intensive Care Nursing
Open Access
ISSN: 2471-9870
ISSN: 2471-9870
Lee CA
Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital,
6 Jubilee Rd Parktown 2192, Johnnesburg
South Africa
Review Article
Paediatric Emergence Delirium: An Approach to Diagnosis and Management in the Postanaesthesia Care Unit
Author(s): Lee CALee CA
Approximately 20-30% of children display emergence delirium in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU). This complication of exposure to volatile anaesthesia is largely predictable, preventable and treatable. A proposed approach to the delirious child in the PACU is presented, focusing on the exclusion of more serious causes of agitation. .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2471-9870.10000140