The incidence of ED is approximately 10% in our population of healthy, unpremedicated Asian children undergoing day surgery. Young age, poor compliance at induction, lack of intraoperative fentanyl use and rapid time to awakening were predictive risk factors for ED in our population. A PAED Score of >or=10 was correlated with clinically significant ED and appeared to be the ideal cutoff score for ED.

The odds of a formal diagnosis of learning disability by age 12 years in apparently healthy children exposed to general anesthesia for minor surgery during infancy were 4.5 times greater than their peers who had never been exposed to anesthesia. However, study precision was inadequate to detect a clinically relevant difference in PSLE scores.

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After high-fidelity SBT within the gastroenterology suite, clinicians independent of their role demonstrated increased physiologic stress levels-as measured by HR and SC levels-compared with traditional IET sessions. The study provides novel calibration data compared with a traditional baseline for future investigations aimed at further understanding the dose-response curve of simulation-based experiences to optimize emotionality, cognition, and learning.