Decreasing Emergence Agitation With Personalized Music

Change in Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) scores

The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of personalized music on emergence agitation
 (EA), as measured by Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium scores in pediatric patients
 recovering from elective procedures under general anesthesia.
 
 Personalized music may help to decrease EA in children undergoing elective surgeries under
 general anesthesia by decreasing perioperative anxiety and minimizing perceived pain. The
 study has the potential to improve perioperative care by improving safety, decreasing the
 need for postoperative pharmacologic and nursing interventions, thereby shortening the time
 of recovery and improving caregiver satisfaction.
 
 Participants participating in this study will be randomly assigned to receive personalized
 music plus standard of care, or standard of care alone. Those assigned to the music group
 will receive music in the preoperative holding area as well as in the post-operative care
 unit.