2002
Music and preoperative anxiety: a randomized, controlled study.
Wang S, Kulkarni L, Dolev J, Kain Z. Music and preoperative anxiety: a randomized, controlled study. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2002, 94: 1489-94, table of contents. PMID: 12032013, DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200206000-00021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Children: Is There an Association?
Wang S, Kain Z. Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Children: Is There an Association? Anesthesia & Analgesia 2000, 90: 571-575. PMID: 10702439, DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200003000-00014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostanesthesia care unitPostoperative nauseaPreoperative holding areaPreoperative anxietyOpioid consumptionPredictive valueMultivariate logistic regression modelAbsence of PONVOccurrence of PONVPerioperative opioid consumptionIncidence of nauseaOccurrence of nauseaAbsence of vomitingInduction of anesthesiaCross-sectional studyLogistic regression modelsChild anxietyHolding areaCare unitGeneral anesthesiaOutpatient surgeryPotential confoundersUnivariate analysisNauseaVomiting
1999
Establishment of a pediatric surgery center: increasing anesthetic efficiency
Kain Z, Fasulo A, Rimar S. Establishment of a pediatric surgery center: increasing anesthetic efficiency. Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia 1999, 11: 540-544. PMID: 10624636, DOI: 10.1016/s0952-8180(99)00080-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn alternative method to alleviate postoperative nausea and vomiting in children
Wang S, Hofstadter M, Kain Z. An alternative method to alleviate postoperative nausea and vomiting in children. Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia 1999, 11: 231-234. PMID: 10434220, DOI: 10.1016/s0952-8180(99)00035-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative nauseaGeneral anesthesiaTreatment groupsControl groupASA physical status IPediatric surgery centersPhysical status IElective outpatient surgeryVisual analog scaleChildren ages 6Intravenous ondansetronAntiemetic effectRescue therapyStatus IRecurrent nauseaAnalog scaleOutpatient surgerySurgery centersNauseaVomitingEffective treatmentTreatment sequenceAge 6SurgeryAnesthesia
1997
Premedication in the United States: A Status Report
Kain Z, Mayes L, Bell C, Weisman S, Hofstadter M, Rimar S. Premedication in the United States: A Status Report. Anesthesia & Analgesia 1997, 84: 427. DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199702000-00035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSedative premedicationUse of premedicationHealth maintenance organization (HMO) penetrationYears of ageAge 3 yearsIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisAnesthetic careSedative drugsPremedicationPhysician membersSedative premedicantsAge groupsLack of consensusPremedicantAdultsAmerican SocietyAnesthesiologistsHMO penetrationChildrenHMO participationUnited StatesSurvey studyMarked variationQuestionnairePremedication in the United States
Kain Z, Mayes L, Bell C, Weisman S, Hofstadter M, Rimar S. Premedication in the United States. Anesthesia & Analgesia 1997, 84: 427-432.. PMID: 9024042, DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199702000-00035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSedative premedicationUse of premedicationHealth maintenance organization (HMO) penetrationYears of ageAge 3 yearsIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisAnesthetic careSedative drugsPremedicationPhysician membersSedative premedicantsAge groupsLack of consensusPremedicantAdultsAmerican SocietyAnesthesiologistsHMO penetrationChildrenHMO participationUnited StatesSurvey studyMarked variationQuestionnaire