Comparison of different scales for the evaluation of anxiety and compliance with anesthetic induction in children undergoing scheduled major outpatient surgery.

Alberto Vieco-GarcíaAmanda López-PicadoManuel FuentesLaura Francisco-GonzálezBelén JoyanesCarmen SotoAna Garcia de la AldeaCarlos Gonzalez-PerrinoEsther Aleo

Published in: Perioperative medicine (London, England) (2021)

Standard anxiety assessment scales do not predict the quality of anesthetic induction. m-YPAS scale can detect increasing anxiety in children as they approach the surgical procedure and this correlates strongly with a worse anesthetic induction, defined by higher score on ICC scale.

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