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2301901

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Parental presence at induction of anaesthesia is controversial and of disputed value. Ninety out of 117 parents replied to a preoperative questionnaire designed to identify their preference and motivation with regard to accompanying their children to the anaesthetic room. Half the parents wished to be present at induction, irrespective of the child's age or previous surgical experience and the most commonly cited reasons for this were the child's anxiety or the parents' sense of duty; 32% of these parents changed their preference if their child were to be adequately sedated preoperatively. In addition, 18% of all parents felt that they would prefer not to be present at induction. The results suggest that in circumstances where parents are to be excluded from induction, adequate preoperative explanation and sedative premedication would contribute to allaying parental anxiety, but that a flexible policy may be most appropriate.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0035-8843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Parents and paediatric anaesthesia: a prospective survey of parental attitudes to their presence at induction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article