Emergence agitation prevention in paediatric ambulatory surgery: A comparison between intranasal Dexmedetomidine and Clonidine

• Main Authors: Anindya Mukherjee (Author), Anjan Das (Author), Sandip Roy Basunia (Author), Surajit Chattopadhyay (Author), Ratul Kundu (Author), Raghunath Bhattacharyya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Emergence agitation (EA), a short-lived, self-limiting phenomenon, arises frequently after the use of inhalational agents and hampers the implementation of pediatric ambulatory surgery in spite of using so many drugs with variable efficacy. Methods: In this prospective, double-blinded, pa...