Premedication in children: hypnosis versus midazolam

Summary Background:  The main objectives of premedication in children are to facilitate the separation from the parents, to reduce preoperative anxiety, to smooth the induction of anesthesia and to lower the risk of postoperative behavioral disorders. The most common technique is sedative premedicat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric anesthesia 2005-04, Vol.15 (4), p.275-281
Hauptverfasser: CALIPEL, SÉVERINE, LUCAS-POLOMENI, MARIE-MADELEINE, WODEY, ERIC, ECOFFEY, CLAUDE
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Background:  The main objectives of premedication in children are to facilitate the separation from the parents, to reduce preoperative anxiety, to smooth the induction of anesthesia and to lower the risk of postoperative behavioral disorders. The most common technique is sedative premedication with midazolam. Hypnosis enables a state of relaxation to be achieved and has never been evaluated as a premedication technique. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of hypnosis on anxiety and perioperative behavioral disorders versus midazolam. Methods:  Fifty children from 2 to 11 years of age were randomized into two groups: group H received hypnosis as premedication; group M were given 0.5 mg·kg−1 midazolam orally, 30 min before surgery. Preoperative anxiety was evaluated using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) score when arriving in the department (T1), when entering the operating room (T2), and when fitting the facemask (T3). Postoperative behavioral disorders were evaluated using the Posthospitalization Behavioral Questionnaire (PHBQ) at days 1, 7 and 14. Results:  The two groups showed no significant difference preoperatively with the PHBQ: (M) 21 (17–25) vs (H) 20 (8–25) and mYPAS score: (M) 28 (23–75) vs (H) 23 (23–78). The number of anxious children was less during induction of anesthesia in the hypnosis group (T3: 39% vs 68%) (P 
ISSN:1155-5645
1460-9592
DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01514.x