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- Title
Preoperative Anxiety and Volume and Acidity of Gastric Fluid in Paediatric Patients undergoing Ambulatory Surgery.
- Authors
Doi, Y.; Unita, R.; Hamasaki, Y.
- Abstract
Aims: To examine the relationship between preoperative anxiety, age, gastric fluid volume (GFVw) and pH among paediatric outpatients undergoing ambulatory surgery. Methods: An observational study was conducted on patients aged 1-12 years. Preoperative anxiety was evaluated by modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale on admission (mYPAS-ad) and on entry to operating rooms (mYPAS-or). Gastric content was aspirated under general anaesthesia. Results: Complete data was collected from 119 patients. Mean mYPASad was 36.36, mean mYPAS-or was higher, 48.35. Mean GFVw (ml/kg) was 0.404, pH was 1.55. Patients with higher mYPAS-or had significantly larger GFVw. mYPAS-ad and GFVw were not related. Older children had significantly larger GFVw and lower pH. Conclusions: Paediatric patients with higher mYPAS-or had larger GFVw in this study.
- Subjects
AGE distribution; AMBULATORY surgery; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; GASTRIC juice; SCIENTIFIC observation; PREOPERATIVE period; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; GASTRIC acidity determination; GENERAL anesthesia; CHILDREN
- Publication
Ambulatory Surgery, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
0966-6532
- Publication type
Article