Gabapentin Oral Solution in Decreasing Desflurane Associated Emergence Agitation

The Role of Gabapentin Oral Solution in Decreasing Desflurane Associated Emergence Agitation and Delirium in Children After Strabismus Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Study

to study the effect of oral gabapentin (5 mg/kg) on emergence agitation after desflurane anesthesia in pediatrics undergoing starbismus surgery

Inclusion Criteria:

• pediatric patients (2-6 years old), with an American society of Anesthegiologists physical status (ASA) I-II who were undergoing strabismus surgery (for more than one muscle)

Exclusion Criteria:

• failure to obtain consent, mental retardation or developmental delay, epilepsy, psychiatric or neurological diseases that impair communication, current use of gabapentin, psychotropic or opioids.