Is Music the Food of Anesthesia in Children?

Is Music the Food of Anesthesia in Children?

The patients were randomly separated into three groups. Group M (n=35) applied CD player and Group S (n=35) received the independent anesthesiologist placed earplugs into the patients' ears. Group N (n=35) exposed to the ambient operating room noise.

Hundred and five pediatric patients who scheduled for abdominal surgery in ASA I-II risk groups were enrolled in the study. The patients were randomly separated into three groups. Group M (n=35) applied CD player and Group S (n=35) received the independent anesthesiologist placed earplugs into the patients' ears. Group N (n=35) exposed to the ambient operating room noise. The preoperative children's anxiety levels were assessed with the M-YPAS in the operating room. Heart rate (HR) and mid-arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded at 30-minute intervals until the completion of surgery, end of surgery and postoperative. During each measurement, noise level recordings were performed using sonometre. Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Score (PEAD) was assessed after extubation, postoperative.

Inclusion Criteria:

• scheduled for elective abdominal surgery with an expected operation time of 60 to 120 minutes, were enrolled in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children were excluded from the study if they had cognitive disorders, with clinically evident hearing impairment, chronic illness, undergoing emergency surgery, and unstable medical conditions requiring intensive care unit admission.