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Children and parents experience high levels of distress when children are awaiting invasive surgical procedures. There are different sources of stress for children and parents. For children, sources of stress include physical harm, separation from parents, fear of the unknown, uncertainty and loss of control. For parents, sources of stress include concern for physical harm to the child, alterations in parenting role, lack of information, the ICU environment and postoperative changes in the child. Preoperative anxiety in children has been linked to negative postoperative outcomes like uncooperative behavior, disturbances in recovery from anesthesia, and behavioral changes. Parental anxiety is also affected by factors like the child's procedure, coping style and level of information. Efforts to reduce preoperative anxiety may help facilitate postoperative
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Excrept from Paediatric Surgery: A Comprehensive Text For Africa
Children and parents experience high levels of distress when children are awaiting invasive surgical procedures. There are different sources of stress for children and parents. For children,…