“…However, even in pain‐free patients, postoperative agitation is common in preschool children after sevoflurane (30), desflurane (67), and isoflurane (68,69) based anesthetics. Pediatric anesthesiologists should all be familiar with strategies for the prevention and treatment of agitation; the most evident option would be, however, to avoid inhalational agents for maintenance at all, and to use propofol instead (33,70). This increases patient’s comfort, parental satisfaction, and reduces the recovery room nurses’ workload.…”