NEW ORLEANS -- Children coming out of general anesthesia with emergence delirium did not have lasting behavior problems in a small single-center study. Among several dozen preschool-age children ...

More than a half dozen behaviors, including tensed eyelids and no vocalizations, indicate that pediatric dental patients are experiencing delirium as they awaken from anesthesia, according to a study ...

Hospitals, dental practices – most of you will agree that visiting these kinds of places is far from fun. Perhaps it's the people in scrubs or that overly clean medical smell that gives you the heebie ...

Awakening from anesthesia is often associated with an initial phase of delirious struggle before the full restoration of awareness and orientation to one's surroundings. Scientists now know why this ...