The prevalence of emergence delirium and its associated factors among children at a postoperative unit: A retrospective cohort at a Middle Eastern hospital

Pediatrik Hastalarda Postoperatif Dönemde Ağrı ve Deliryumu Ayırt Etmede FLACC ve OPS Ölçeklerinin Karşılaştırılması

“…The frequency of emergence delirium is relatively higher in children undergoing ear, nose and throat surgery compared to other surgeries. 13 At the same time, pain is also common in children who undergo adenoidectomy and pain and delirium are often together. 14 In the present study, the incidence of children with delirium (47.5%) was nearly same as the incidence of children with both delirium and pain (40.9%) too.…”

There is a substantial global burden of perioperative anxiety in the paediatric population – a systematic review

“…A total of 50% of papers measured anxiety in the pre-op waiting room (Alatassi et al, 2020, Barreto et al, 2018, (Cumino et al, 2013, MacLaren et al, 2007, Moura et al, 2016, Visoiu et al, 2019. The weighted average prevalence across all six studies was 31.8%, with an age range of 1-17 years.…”

“…It is also associated with delayed healing and an increased length of hospital stay (Mulugeta et al, 2018). Perioperative anxiety as well as other patient-related factors are risk factors for developing emergence delirium or agitation, and the younger the patient, the higher the risk (Alatassi et al, 2020).…”

“…Five studies were based on subgroups of the population, therefore their application to the general population is limited (Kain et al, 2006, Davidson et al, 2006, Berghmans et al, 2015, Alatassi et al, 2020, Barreto et al, 2018, Batoz et al, 2016, Ben-Amitay et al, 2006, Cumino et al, 2013, Guaratini et al, 2006, MacLaren et al, 2007, Moura et al, 2016. One paper was very specific to a handful of laparoscopic procedures and its generalisation is unknown (Visoiu et al, 2019).…”

“…Due to the sample size of 55 patients, there is a moderate risk that selection bias influenced the results (MacLaren et al, 2007). One retrospective study that collected a large cohort of 413 patients, had limited selection bias (Alatassi et al, 2020). A study performed multivariate Poisson's logistic regression to diminish the effects of any confounding variables (Barreto et al, 2018).…”