Clarifying the Assessment of Emergence Agitation and Postoperative Recovery in Young Children Receiving Ciprofol or Propofol for Dental Surgery [Letter]
Qiucheng Zhao · 2026
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Qiucheng Zhao writes a 2026 letter about measuring recovery in a trial of two anesthetics for children's dental surgery. The trial compared ciprofol with propofol and scored emergence agitation, the restless, inconsolable state some young children wake into, using the standard PAED scale.
Zhao argues the timing of that scoring needs clearer definition. The scale was applied five minutes after awakening, but awakening itself was not pinned down against the trial's other recovery milestones, and deep-anesthesia removal of the breathing tube complicates the picture. Since the scale judges eye contact and awareness, the child's alertness at scoring matters. The letter asks the authors to clarify.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qiucheng Zhao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |