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- Title
Risperidone in a child with untractable emergency delirium.
- Authors
Young Hee Shin; Seung Hyeon Lee; Dae Yoon Kim
- Abstract
A 6-year-old boy was scheduled for thoracic magnetic resonance imaging under deep sedation with midazolam 1.8 mg and propofol 100 μg/kg/min via intravenous injection. He showed emergence delirium in the post-anesthesia care unit. The staff attempted to calm him by administering flumazenil as an antidote for midazolam, propofol for further sedation, and meperidine. However, this was not successful. A psychiatrist recommended the use of antipsychotics. Administration of risperidone led to immediate resolution of the boy's symptoms and relaxed him. The use of antipsychotic drugs is not common for anesthesiologists, but should be considered for treating uncontrolled emergence delirium after anesthesia.
- Subjects
MAGNETIC resonance imaging; MIDAZOLAM; RISPERIDONE; SYMPTOMS; DELIRIUM
- Publication
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2016, Vol 69, Issue 6, p623
- ISSN
2005-6419
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4097/kjae.2016.69.6.623