Effects of fentanyl on the incidence of emergence agitation in children receiving desflurane or sevoflurane anaesthesia

Abstract

After midazolam premedication and intravenous induction of anaesthesia with thiopental administration of intravenous fentanyl 2.5 microg kg(-1) did not provide any clinically significant benefit on emer gence agitation in children who receive sevoflurane or desflurane anaesthesia.