Comparison of different scales for the evaluation of anxiety and compliance with anesthetic induction in children undergoing scheduled major outpatient surgery.

Introduction: Anxiety in children triggered by a scheduled surgical intervention is a major issue due to its frequency and consequences. Preoperative anxiety is associated with increased patient fear and agitation on anesthetic induction. The aim of this study is to compare three preoperative anxiety scales for children undergoing elective outpatient surgery, and to correlate each of these tools with the degree of patient compliance on induction, as assessed by the Induction Compliance Checklist (ICC).

[Screening of hemoglobinopathies in a cohort of newborns in Madrid].

Background And Objective: Congenital structural hemoglobinopathies are a group of disorders whose incidence has experienced an increase in recent years, due to the higher number of immigrants living in the Region of Madrid. Given the possibility of starting early prophylactic measures, it seems advisable to carry out an screening of hemoglobinopathies in this region. The objective of this work was to know the current incidence of hemoglobinopathies in the Hospital Clinico San Carlos and to analyze the more suitable laboratory diagnostic tests.