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Chapter 4 - Preoperative Anxiety

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2019

By
Rebecca Evans  and
William D. Ryan
Edited by
Adam C. Adler ,
Arvind Chandrakantan  and
Ronald S. Litman
Adam C. Adler
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital
Arvind Chandrakantan
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital
Ronald S. Litman
Affiliation:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Summary

This chapter provides the reader with a detailed background and approach to children and families with pre-operative anxiety. The risk factors associated with parental and patient anxiety are reviewed before the reader is provided methods for pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies for anxiolysis. Each of the anxiolytics commonly used in pediatrics are reviewed.

Keywords

Preoperative anxietyseparation anxietyrisk factorsbehavioralpharmacologicparental presencepremedication.
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Case Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia , pp. 19 - 23
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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