The Effect of Intraoperative Magnesium Sulfate Infusion on the Occurrence of Emergence Agitation After Pediatric Ophthalmic Surgery

Emergence agitation (EA) is a frequent postoperative complication in pediatric patients after general anesthesia. There are several suggested causes of EA and pain has been considered one of them. Magnesium is an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist and increasingly used as an analgesic-adjuvant. We evaluate the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) Scale to investigate whether the intraoperative infusion of magnesium sulfate reduces the incidence of EA in pediatric patients who undergo ophthalmic outpatient surgery.