Game uses the child’s controlled breathing to move cartoon animals on their tablet. Breaking News. In Democratic convention race, labor unions sided with Chicago over Atlanta. 72 ...

The game features cartoon animals that children are able to move by breathing into a mask and helps reduce anxiety during the anesthesia-induction process, the hospital says.

In his Your View, Richard P. O’Flynn, president of the Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists, says passage of House Bill 1603 is necessary for patients to experience the greatest safety w… ...

Cartoon Distraction Alleviates Anxiety in Children During Induction of Anesthesia. Anesthesia & Analgesia , 2012; 115 (5): 1168 DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824fb469 Cite This Page : ...

Letting children watch a favorite cartoon is an effective and safe way to reduce anxiety before anesthesia and surgery, according to a new study in Anesthesia & Analgesia (November 2012, Vol. 115:5, ...

Faced with mounting evidence that general anesthesia may impair brain development in babies and young children, experts said Wednesday that more research is greatly needed and that when planning ...

Cincinnati Children's is the first medical center in the United States to pilot a video game to help children relax when they need to receive anesthesia before falling asleep for surgery.