Preoperative informational video reduces preoperative anxiety and postoperative negative behavioral changes in children.

Background: Anesthesia and surgery can lead to major distress for children. Sedative premedication and preoperative preparation techniques are available to reduce preoperative anxiety in children. We aimed to assess the effect of informational video based on role-play modelling on preoperative anxiety and postoperative behavior changes in children undergoing surgery.

Epidemiological and cost analysis of self-poisoning cases in ankara, Turkey.

Background: Poisoning is a global public health problem. Self-poisoning has potentially serious consequences. Follow-up studies have found that 3-10% of self-harm patients eventually succeed.