title: ["Walkman music" during epidural anesthesia].
abstract: The sedating effect and influence of walkman music on 120 patients, that were randomly divided into a music and non-music group, who had received epidural anesthesia were investigated. It was found that significantly fewer patients in the music group felt anxious during surgery (P = 0.049). Meanwhile, heart rate and mean arterial pressure of the non-music group remained at a higher level, resulting in higher heart loading. Furthermore, patients listening to music had a significantly smaller need of sedatives (P = 0.001). With the purpose of reducing the consumption of sedatives, and offering a better anesthetic environment, we recommend the use of music during regional anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music