Measurement in management of anxiety in children for open-heart surgery. A child psychiatrist and a pediatric nurse assessed the children before and after their surgeries. This article justifies the importance of using music as a way to relieve or lessen stress and anxiety.
Music is a valuable anxiolytic during local and regional anesthesia.
The author of this article explores the use of music as an alternative to pharmacological sedation. It reveals that music can reduce preoperative disease and anxiety. The selection of music is based on the patients preference, guided by the anesthetist s knowledge of the physiological and emotional effects of the music. It was found that music affects the higher cerebral centers, along with the cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal, neurological, and metabolic systems.