Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Jun 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialPsychology versus medication for pre-anesthesia preparation of children: a randomized controlled trial.
Reducing preoperative anxiety is important as inadequate preoperative management can potentially give rise to behavioral problems in the postoperative course, leading to incalculable quantitative and qualitative handicaps later in life. We compared preanesthetic administration of midazolam to a psychological strategy of walking the children through the operating room and playfully demonstrating anesthesia equipment. ⋯ All psychometric instruments used in this study indicated that our psychological strategy of preanesthesia preparation was capable of successfully reducing anxiety in paediatric patients and their parents.