Development and evaluation of an educational comic leaflet for pediatric anesthesia care
Fabiano Soares Carneiro, Juliana Lacerda de Oliveira Campos, Stephanie Bruna Camilo Soares de Brito, Flávia Marques de Melo, Eliane Cristina de Souza Soares
Abstract
Dear Editor,
Preoperative anxiety has been reported in over 60% of children undergoing anesthesia. High levels of preoperative anxiety reduce the ability to cooperate during anesthesia and appear to be associated with an increased incidence of emergence delirium, decreased pain threshold leading to increased postoperative pain, and development of postoperative mal-adaptive behavioral changes such as enuresis, apathy, social isolation, sleep and eating disorders. Preoperative anxiety has therefore been addressed in various ways, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods.
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Submitted date:
11/27/2023
Accepted date:
05/07/2024
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