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Preoperative preparation and premedication.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Coté, Charles J. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | Preparing the paediatric patient for their operating room experience can be a complex process because of the many individuals involved. 4 36 38Preparation begins before patients have seen an anaesthetist because they will learn of their impending surgery from the surgeon. Surgical colleagues and their support staff can help to ease parents’ anxieties by assuring them that their child will receive the best anaesthetic care possible. The anaesthetist may first meet the child in a preoperative screening clinic a week or two before the scheduled surgery or on the morning of the procedure. Increasingly, in countries trying to reduce health care costs there may be only a few minutes to interview and evaluate the family and child. The use of preoperative hospital tours, educational videos and pamphlets have been demonstrated to have value in reducing patient and parent anxiety.54 Educational tours appear to have particular value for children older than 6 yr. 51 Parents of children less than 1 yr of age and those undergoing surgery for the first time are particularly anxious. 66 |
| Starting Page | 16 |
| Ending Page | 28 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
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| PubMed reference number | 10616330v1 |
| Volume Number | 83 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Journal | British journal of anaesthesia |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Anxiety Disorders Dental Anxiety Health Care Operating Tables Patients Premedication Schedule (document type) Used Quit Cigarette Smoking Videos |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
