Day case surgery in childhood from the parents' point of view
| Autor: | H. Warth, W. Astfalk, C. Leriche |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Parents
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Pain Postoperative Adolescent business.industry Sleep patterns El Niño Ambulatory Surgical Procedures Patient Satisfaction Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Humans Surgery Psychological counseling Day hospital Premedication Day case surgery Postoperative Period business Child Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie. 1(6) |
| ISSN: | 0939-7248 |
| Popis: | 294 parents whose children underwent day case surgery received a questionnaire covering the topics postoperative analgesia, memory of pain, sleep patterns and assessment of the time spent in the hospital. A total of 80.6% of the questionnaires were returned. We were not able to recognize any indications of behavioral disturbances, in particular disturbances of sleep. The need for analgesics was surprisingly low following release from the hospital. However, even on the third postoperative day 16.8% of the children still had unpleasant or strong memories of the pain they had experienced. Improvement in this area might be achieved by the application of nerve blocks, possibly in combination with analgesics. Further possibilities for improvement exist with premedication. The long waiting periods between hospital admittance and commencement of surgery were found to be very unpleasant. During surgery psychological counseling of the parents should be made possible. |
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