Pediatr. praxi. 2024;25(4):200-204 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2024.040

Preoperative anxiety and its prevention

MUDr. Michal Frelich, Ph.D., MBA^{1, 2}, MUDr. Filip Burša, Ph.D., EDEC^{1, 2}, MUDr. Ondřej Jor, Ph.D.^{1, 2}, MUDr. Peter Sklienka, Ph.D.^{1, 2}, MUDr. Bořek Trávníček, MBA^{2, 3}, MUDr. Markéta Nowaková, MBA^{2, 3}, doc. MUDr. Jan Pavlíček, Ph.D., MHA^{2, 3, 4}

¹ Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava

² Lékařská fakulta Ostravské univerzity

³ Klinika dětského lékařství, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava

⁴ Centrum biomedicínského výzkumu, Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové

Up to 70 % of children undergoing surgery experience pre-operative anxiety. This unpleasant experience continues for many children after the operation and even after discharge from hospital. Severe preoperative anxiety has a number of negative clinical and behavioural consequences. The aim of preoperative anxiety management is to identify patients at risk and to initiate preventive measures that include non-pharmacological interventions, supplemented by the administration of sedative premedication, when indicated

Keywords: preoperative anxiety, preparation for surgery, sedative premedication, midazolam, dexmedetomidine.

Accepted: August 27, 2024; Published: September 5, 2024  Show citation