Why the study?
Does background stress and anxiety affect postoperative recovery in healthy patients undergoing general anaesthesia for dental extractions?
Population
30 healthy patients undergoing general anaesthesia for day-case dental extractions
Design
Cohort
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Background stress may flag higher-risk dental GA patients for closer monitoring; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Does background stress and anxiety affect postoperative recovery in healthy patients undergoing general anaesthesia for dental extractions?
Background stress and postoperative state anxiety are correlated with worse physical recovery and increased pain following day-case dental extractions under general anesthesia.
LIU et al. (1994) studied this question.
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