Supporting your child through anaesthesia and surgery evidence table

The table below contains the evidence we have used in our Supporting your child through anaesthesia and surgery information.

Risk Reference
1 Zech N et al. Communication with children: practical hints and tools for the anesthesiology routine. Anaesthesist 2015;64:197–207.
2 Cyna AM. Little words BIG impact: perioperative communication for children with burns. Anaesth Intensive Care 2020;48:123–128. 
3 Kuttner L. Paediatric hypnosis: pre-, peri-, and post-anaesthesia. Paediatr Anaesth 2012;22:573–577.

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