Objective To investigate the effect of a single dose of propofol at the end of surgery on pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium undergoing adenotonsillectomy during sevoflurane anesthesia.Methods Sixty pediatric patients for adenotonsillectomy were randomly divided into propofol group and control group (30 cases in each group), they were undergoing sevoflurane induction and maintaince. The pediatric patients in propofol group were received 1 mg/kg 10% of the propofol intravenous injection at the end of surgery,while the pediatric patients in control group were received the same volume physiological sailine intravenous injection. Duration of surgery, sevoflurane administration, anesthesia time, extubation time were recorded. The highest PAED score after extubation in 30 min were recorded. The time spent in PACU and the FLACC pain score were recorded. Results The PAED score in propofol group was significantly lower than that in control group [(7.5 ± 3.9) scores vs (10.9 ±4.5) scores, P＜0.05]. The incidence rate of postoperative delirium in propofol group was significantly lower than that in control group [20.0% (6/30) vs 46.7% (14/30), P ＜ 0.05 ] . Duration of extubation in propofol group was slightly longer than that in control group[(10.2 ± 1.1 ) min vs (9.1 ± 1 .5 ) min, P ＜ 0.05].There was no statistical significant difference in duration of anesthesia, the time spent in PACU and the FLACC pain score (P ＞0.05).Conclusions The administration a single dose of 1 mg/kg propofol at the end of surgery can effectively reduce pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium undergoing adenotonsillectomy during sevoflurane anesthesia, while can't extend the duration of anesthesia and the time spent in PACU. It has some clinical value.