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- Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
- Pediatrics. 2014 Sep 1;134(3):634-41.
AbstractPediatricians play a key role in helping prepare patients and families for anesthesia and surgery. The questions to be answered by the pediatrician fall into 2 categories. The first involves preparation: is the patient in optimal medical condition for surgery, and are the patient and family emotionally and cognitively ready for surgery? The second category concerns logistics: what communication and organizational needs are necessary to enable safe passage through the perioperative process? This revised statement updates the recommendations for the pediatrician's role in the preoperative preparation of patients.Copyright © 2014 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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