Helping Your Older Child of Teenager Before Outpatient Surgery


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Document information

Title:

Helping Your Older Child of Teenager Before Outpatient Surgery

Purpose:

Approval/ revision date:

Keywords

document type:

pamphlet

Intended audience:

families

Institution type:

children’s hospital, general hospital

Drug type:

general anesthetic

Pain type:

surgical/trauma

Delivery technique:

inhaled, intravenous

Nonpharmacological treatments:

psychological

Age:

child, adolescent

Disease type:

Submitter and institution information

Name:

Debra Fanurik PhD

Title:

Institution:

Division of Pediatric Anesthesia
Arkansas Children's Hospital

Location:

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Type of institution:

Number of beds:

Supervising specialist availability:

Submitter's commentary:

Reviewer’s commentary:

This document does not focus specifically on pain management. It is a brochure aimed at helping parents psychologically prepare themselves and their children for surgery. Much of the discussion and related advice is reasonable and reflects data from empirical studies of coping with surgical procedures or clinical experience. Thus, it fills a void in providing some basic information and ideas for parents who are facing a potentially trying situation. Some of the information given in the introduction is a bit broad and does not truly distinguish the roles of the various professionals. In addition, some of the material on children's and adolescents' reactions to surgery could more closely parallel aspects of cognitive development during those periods. Otherwise, it appears that this pamphlet would serve the purpose of a simple, straightforward source of information for parents

Reviewer:

Gary A. Walco, PhD
Hackensack Medical Center
Don Imus-WFAN Pediatric Center for Tomorrows Children

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