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RELATIONSHIP OF ANESTHESIA TO POSTOPERATIVE PERSONALITY CHANGES IN CHILDREN

RELATIONSHIP OF ANESTHESIA TO POSTOPERATIVE PERSONALITY CHANGES IN CHILDREN SOME POSSIBLE deleterious effects of hospitalization and surgical operations on the personalities of children have been described.1 However, apparently there has been no attempt to relate the experiences of the induction period of anesthesia to the development of undesirable personality changes afterward. It is difficult to establish precise relationships, because the experiences of hospitalization, anesthetization, and operation are not easily separated. A recent study of the effect preanesthetic medication has upon the course of anesthesia2 has led to an investigation of possible relationship between anesthesia and personality changes. Over an 18-month period, questionnaires were mailed to the parents of all children admitted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for an otolaryngological operation. Answers were sought to the following questions: 1. Is your child a bed-wetter; since operation does he wet the bed or wet it more frequently? 2. Does your child have night cries or terrors; http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

RELATIONSHIP OF ANESTHESIA TO POSTOPERATIVE PERSONALITY CHANGES IN CHILDREN

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1953 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1953.02050080600004
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Abstract

SOME POSSIBLE deleterious effects of hospitalization and surgical operations on the personalities of children have been described.1 However, apparently there has been no attempt to relate the experiences of the induction period of anesthesia to the development of undesirable personality changes afterward. It is difficult to establish precise relationships, because the experiences of hospitalization, anesthetization, and operation are not easily separated. A recent study of the effect preanesthetic medication has upon the course of anesthesia2 has led to an investigation of possible relationship between anesthesia and personality changes. Over an 18-month period, questionnaires were mailed to the parents of all children admitted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for an otolaryngological operation. Answers were sought to the following questions: 1. Is your child a bed-wetter; since operation does he wet the bed or wet it more frequently? 2. Does your child have night cries or terrors;

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American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 1, 1953

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