European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift für Kinderchirurgie
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Use of a preoperative playroom to prepare children for surgery.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a playroom next to the operating room to reduce preoperative anxiety in children. ⋯ A preoperative playroom is a very effective method to reduce preoperative anxiety in children.
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Clinical Trial
Impact of Lodox Statscan on radiation dose and screening time in paediatric trauma patients.
As part of the primary investigation, polytrauma patients arriving at our emergency department are examined in accordance with the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) rules, using the new Lodox Statscan (LS) digital low-radiation imaging device. The aim of this study was to establish whether entrance and effective radiation doses using LS in children were comparable to those of paediatric Computed Radiography (CR) and to evaluate the duration of scanning for both techniques in young polytrauma patients. ⋯ LS scanning will probably be a useful diagnostic tool for a range of paediatric clinical indications in the future. But only the future will show whether LS will survive in the face of low-dose radiation CT scanners and magnetic resonance imaging devices that may eventually completely replace conventional radiography.