Children's Anxiety is Reduced by the Presence of Parents at Induction of Anesthesia

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 752-753

  Tomita, Sanae ^a   Sugawara, Kaori ^a   Tamakawa, Susumu ^a   Saitoh, Yoshinori ^a  

^a Asahikawa Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 0031864254     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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3. Cameron JA', Bond MJ, Pointer SC : Reducing the anxiety of children undergoing surgery : Parental presence during anaesthetic induction. J Paediatr Child Health 32: 51, 1996.