Prevalence of Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

Table 1

Characteristics of study patients.

Patient group	Number of subjects	Prevalence of emergence delirium	-Value
Entire cohort	4974	1.3%
Gender
Male	2658	1.6%
Female	2316	0.9%
Age group
Toddler	568	2.9%
Preschooler	1761	1.5%	^†
Middle childhood	2045	0.7%
Teenager	600	0.8%
Diagnosis
Recurrent tonsillitis/pharyngitis	273	1.8%
Obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB)	3940	1.3%
Recurrent tonsillitis/pharyngitis + SDB	761	0.9%
ASA status
I	210	1.4%
II	3658	1.2%
III	1102	1.5%
IV	4	0

Toddlers had higher prevalence of PAED than preschooler, middle childhood, and teenage children. ^†Preschoolers had higher prevalence of PAED than middle childhood group.