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
Postoperative Behavioral Outcomes in Children
Kain Z, Mayes L, Wang S, Hofstadter M. Postoperative Behavioral Outcomes in Children. Anesthesiology 1999, 90: 758-765. PMID: 10078677, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199903000-00018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative behavioral outcomesPostoperative day 1Induction of anesthesiaNegative behavioral changesPlacebo groupDay 1Multivariate logistic regression modelRecent stressful life eventsBehavioral changesFirst postoperative weekPostoperative behavioral changesPaucity of dataLogistic regression modelsPost Hospitalization Behavior QuestionnaireBehavioral outcomesMidazolam groupStressful life eventsPostoperative weekBehavioral recoveryIntervention groupPreoperative anxietyWeek 2Lower anxiety levelsSedative premedicationMeasures of anxiety