• DOI:10.1097/00000539-200107000-00022
Corpus ID: 18371975

The Management of Preoperative Anxiety in Children: An Update

@article{McCann2001TheMO,
  title={The Management of Preoperative Anxiety in Children: An Update},
  author={Mary Ellen McCann and Z. Kain},
  journal={Anesthesia & Analgesia},
  year={2001},
  volume={93},
  pages={98–105}
}

• Mary Ellen McCann, Z. Kain
• Published 2001
• Medicine
• Anesthesia & Analgesia

Anxiety in children undergoing surgery is characterized by subjective feelings of tension, apprehension, nervousness, and worry that may be expressed in various forms (1). Postoperative maladaptive behaviors, such as new onset enuresis, feeding difficulties, apathy and withdrawal, and sleep disturbances, may also result from anxiety before surgery. In fact, studies have indicated that up to 60% of all children undergoing surgery may present with negative behavioral changes at 2 wk… Expand

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