Why the study?
Preoperative anxiety in pediatric patients and their parents impairs cooperation, increases premedication requirements, and prolongs recovery, necessitating individualized preoperative preparation and premedication.
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Individualized premedication may reduce pediatric anxiety and complications; leaves open RCTs of specific regimens before practice change.
Thorough preoperative preparation and individualized premedication in pediatric patients reduce anxiety, facilitate smoother anesthesia induction, and minimize postoperative complications.
Simić et al. (2025) studied this question.
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