Preoperative assessment and premedication are important preparatory steps for ensuring smooth induction of anesthesia in children undergoing elective surgery.
Supports routine preoperative assessment and premedication in pediatric elective surgery; leaves open optimal agent selection and dosing.
Preoperative assessment and premedication represent important preparatory steps to ensuring a smooth and effective induction of anaesthesia. A thorough review of the child's medical history, previous anaesthetics, medications, allergies and family history is essential to design the optimal anaesthetic for the child and his/her surgery. Risks must be addressed with the parents as appropriate based on the local standards. Preoperative anxiolysis may assume several strategies, with premedication with a pharmacologic agent very common and most successful. This review focuses on the preoperative assessment and premedication for children undergoing elective surgery.
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Jerrold Lerman (2013) studied this question.
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