Perioperative anxiety and postoperative pain in children and adolescents undergoing elective surgical procedures: A quantitative systematic review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-255

  Chieng, Ying Jia Shermin ^a   Chan, Wai Chi Sally ^b   Klainin Yobas, Piyanee ^b   He, Hong Gu ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Children; Elective surgical procedure; Nursing; Pain; Perioperative; Postoperative; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84891914452     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12205     Document Type: Review

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