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Violent emergence from anesthesia: is it a pharmacological or psychological reaction?
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Anesthesia Progress
|March 3, 1998
Abstract:
A violent emergence from deep sedation is an uncommon reaction in the daily practice of anesthesia in the oral and maxillofacial surgery office. We present a case of a 22-yr-old male with a severe violent emergence from deep sedation that we attribute to a psychological rather than a pharmacological cause. A differential diagnosis is discussed, as are methods of treatment.