PAED Emergence Delirium Scale
PAED scale for pediatric emergence delirium: five items totaled 0 to 20, read against the cutoffs of 10 or more and more than 12.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Makes eye contact with the caregiver
- Not at all
- Actions are purposeful
- Just a little
- Aware of surroundings
- Not at all
- Restless
- Very much
- Inconsolable
- Quite a bit
Result: PAED 16: emergence delirium by both cutoffs in use (10 or more, and more than 12).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Makes eye contact with the caregiver
- Actions are purposeful
- Aware of surroundings
- Restless
- Inconsolable
How this is calculated
Citation
Sikich N, Lerman J. Development and psychometric evaluation of the pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium scale. Anesthesiology. 2004;100(5):1138-1145. Read the sources: Sikich 2004 ↗, BMJ Paediatr Open 2025 ↗, Paediatr Anaesth 2026 ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.