Factors influencing agitation during anesthesia recovery after laparoscopic hernia repair under total inhalation combined with caudal block anesthesia

Table 1 Sedation-agitation scale definitions

Classification	Point	Description
Unable to wake up	1	The patient has little or no response to harmful stimuli, does not communicate, or does not follow instructions
Very calm	2	Patients respond to physical stimuli but cannot communicate or follow commands and may move spontaneously
Calm	3	The patient is awakened by verbal stimulation or slight shaking, but falls asleep again; follow simple instructions
Cool fit	4	The patient is calm, wakes easily, and follows instructions
EA	5	The patient is anxious or mildly agitated and tries to sit up and calm down on verbal instructions
Moderate EA	6	The patient is not calm, despite the doctor’s frequent verbal reminders of limitations; the patient needs to be physically restrained and bite the tracheal catheter
Severe EA	7	Patients pulled tracheal tubes, tried to remove them, climbed over bed bars, hit staff, convulsed back to back

EA: Emergence agitation.