title: Emotional reactions during lumbar extradural anaesthesia.
abstract: The degree of anxiety of 26 male and female patients undergoing hernia repair while receiving lumbar extradural anaesthesia was measured using the galvanic skin response. The single, most anxiety-provoking feature during the surgical procedures proved to be verbal interactions directly concerned with the patient's well-being. The psychological implications of this feature are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013060:Speech