Emergence Delirium and Its Association with Preoperative Anxiety in Paediatric Patients Undergoing Infra Umbilical Surgery Under Combined General and Caudal Anaesthesia: An Observational Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in a South Asian Country

The objective of this observational study was to determine the incidence of emergence delirium (ED) and its association with preoperative anxiety using the modified Yale preoperative anxiety scale and paediatric anaesthesia emergence delirium scale, in a tertiary care institution in South Asia.A total of 250 children of 2-8 years of age (of either gender, American Society of Anaesthesiology classification I or II, undergoing infra umbilical...