Parental anxiety due to abnormal behaviour following withdrawal of sedation.
Abnormal behaviour has been previously reported on withdrawal of sedation in critically-ill children. This description of a child who had prolonged withdrawal symptoms lasting almost 2 weeks includes a report on his parent's comments in relation to the anxiety they felt while he was behaving abnormally. Health professionals need to be aware of the severe nature of this withdrawal reaction and its effect on the parents.
Hughes
J
J
Institute of Child Health, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Choonara
I
I
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003221:Confusion / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*