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Perioperative management of children
Author(s) -
Lindahl S G E
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb05615.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , guardian , perioperative , minor surgery , event (particle physics) , developmental psychology , minor (academic) , psychiatry , anesthesia , political science , law , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Along with the decision for surgery in children comes a concern for the development of minor psychological disturbances close to the event and possibly also later in life. There is always also anxiety for the procedure and its influence on normal physiological functions. It is true that these matters are valid also in the adult. There are, however, two factors that differ. One is the special relationship to family or legal guardian and the other is the skill needed to communicate with infants, pre‐school children and other children.