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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">APM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Advances in Precision Medicine</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2424-8592</issn><eissn>2424-9106</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/APM.v11i8.16044</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Advances in the Research of Nursing Care for Agitation during the Recovery Period from General Anesthesia</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/APM/11/8/10.26689/APM.v11i8.16044</url><author>WenJian</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>8</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2026-08-26</published-time></date></history><abstract>Emergence agitation (EA) during the recovery period from general anesthesia is a common adverse reaction that poses a serious threat to postoperative safety and recovery quality. This article systematically reviews the clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, advances in nursing interventions, and key nursing points for special populations of EA, aiming to provide evidence-based reference for clinical EA nursing practice.</abstract><keywords>General anesthesia, Emergence agitation, Nursing intervention</keywords></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="B1" content-type="article"><label>1</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>[1] Liu S, Zhang W, Wang X, et al., 2025, Research Progress on Agitation During the Recovery Period of Patients Under General Anesthesia. Shanghai Nursing, 25(10): 50&amp;ndash;54.
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