2016
Web-Based Tailored Intervention for Preparation of Parents and Children for Outpatient Surgery (WebTIPS)
Fortier M, Bunzli E, Walthall J, Olshansky E, Saadat H, Santistevan R, Mayes L, Kain Z. Web-Based Tailored Intervention for Preparation of Parents and Children for Outpatient Surgery (WebTIPS). Survey Of Anesthesiology 2016, 60: 1. DOI: 10.1097/sa.0000000000000190.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Web-Based Tailored Intervention for Preparation of Parents and Children for Outpatient Surgery (WebTIPS)
Kain Z, Fortier M, Chorney J, Mayes L. Web-Based Tailored Intervention for Preparation of Parents and Children for Outpatient Surgery (WebTIPS). Survey Of Anesthesiology 2015, 59: 254. DOI: 10.1097/01.sa.0000471746.85066.05.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Preoperative preparation in children: A cross-sectional study
Kain Z, Mayes L, Caramico L. Preoperative preparation in children: A cross-sectional study. Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia 1996, 8: 508-514. PMID: 8872693, DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(96)00115-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional studyPrevious hospitalizationPreoperative preparation programChild's ageMultivariable regression analysisAnxiety responsesPediatric outpatientsElective surgeryIndependent predictorsChildren's HospitalOutpatient surgeryPreoperative preparationAge of childrenPreoperative programSurgeryOperating roomOverall anxietyAgeHospitalizationChildrenRegression analysisHospitalPredictorsAnxietyInterventionParental Presence during Induction of Anesthesia
Kain Z, Mayes L, Caramico L, Silver D, Spieker M, Nygren M, Anderson G, Rimar S. Parental Presence during Induction of Anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1996, 84: 1060-1067. PMID: 8623999, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199605000-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduction of anesthesiaSerum cortisol concentrationsLow baseline levelsParental presencePhysiologic measuresBaseline levelsCortisol concentrationsPreoperative behavioral interventionsMultivariate linear regression analysisOutpatient surgeryIntervention groupLinear regression analysisControl groupParent-absent groupBaseline temperamentAnesthesiaBehavioral interventionsChild's ageSignificant differencesChildrenRegression analysisInterventionLow trait anxietyTrait anxietyAnxiety