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08-31-2016, 01:12 AM
For kids, an iPad before surgery may be as effective as a sedative
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The use of mobile devices by parents to keep their kids occupied is fairly well established (http://mashable.com/2012/09/20/family-mobile-devices-study?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), but a new study indicates that those devices' calming effect may even be useful for surgeries.
A new study being published by the World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA (http://www.wfsahq.org/)) claims that giving a child an iPad to use before surgery can be as relaxing as a sedative.*
SEE ALSO: McDonald's recalls Happy Meal fitness tracker (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/mcdonalds-fitness-tracker-recall/)
"Our study showed that child and parental anxiety before anaesthesia are equally blunted by midazolam or use of the iPad," Dr. Dominique Chassard said in a statement (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/wfos-iae082516.php) released in the run-up to the release of the group's research findings.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/ipad-pediatric-surgery-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A new study being published by the World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA (http://www.wfsahq.org/)) claims that giving a child an iPad to use before surgery can be as relaxing as a sedative.*
SEE ALSO: McDonald's recalls Happy Meal fitness tracker (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/mcdonalds-fitness-tracker-recall/)
"Our study showed that child and parental anxiety before anaesthesia are equally blunted by midazolam or use of the iPad," Dr. Dominique Chassard said in a statement (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/wfos-iae082516.php) released in the run-up to the release of the group's research findings.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/ipad-pediatric-surgery-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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