Anesthesia induction technics in pediatric patients: a controlled study of behavioral consequences.
A study of the post-hospitalization behavior of 122 children, 85 of whom underwent surgical anesthesia, revealed that an asleep anesthetic induction technic is not harmful to the young psyche; its use results in a greater likelihood of freedom from behavioral upset in the 1st postoperative month than when awake induction technics are employed.
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014851:Wakefulness