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MeSH Heading: Emergence Delirium
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.776.050.500; C10.597.606.337.500.500; C23.550.767.181; C23.888.592.604.339.500.500
Unique ID: D000071257
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071257
Scope Note: A form of DELIRIUM which occurs after GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
Entry Term(s): Agitated Emergence; Anesthesia Emergence Delirium; Emergence Agitation; Emergence Excitement; Post-Operative Delirium; Postanesthetic Excitement; Postoperative Delirium
Previous Indexing: Anesthesia, General/adverse effects (1967-2016); Delirium (1967-2016); Postoperative Complications (1967-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Introduced: 2017/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/09/14

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000613866
Scope Note: A form of DELIRIUM which occurs after GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
Terms: Emergence Delirium Preferred Term
Term UI T000894205
Date01/26/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Agitated Emergence
Term UI T000894206
Date01/26/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Emergence Agitation
Term UI T000894207
Date01/26/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Emergence Excitement
Term UI T000894208
Date01/26/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Postanesthetic Excitement
Term UI T000894209
Date01/26/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Anesthesia Emergence Delirium
Term UI T000894244
Date01/27/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Postoperative Delirium
Term UI T001113048
Date10/14/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Post-Operative Delirium
Term UI T001113049
Date10/14/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Emergence Delirium MeSH Descriptor Data 2027