Zeev Kain, MD, a UC Irvine anesthesiologist, will use a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to research pain and anxiety in pediatric patients before and after surgery, according to a Health Canal report.
Dr. Kain will establish his Provider-Tailored Intervention for Perioperative Stress program at four California children's hospitals. The program is designed to promote behavior in providers and parents that will decrease stress for pediatric patients during the surgical process.
According to Dr. Kain, around 65 percent of the four million children who receive surgery in the United States every year experience significant anxiety and distress. He says P-TIPS helps train surgical staff and anesthesiologists to integrate positive behaviors into their interactions with pediatric patients and their parents. Simple medical language, eye contact and humor can help reduce stress by creating a more comfortable environment for the patient.
Dr. Kain is using another NIH grant to create an Internet site to help parents ease children's anxiety, handle postsurgical pain and assist healing, according to the report.
Dr. Kain serves as professor and chair of anesthesiology and perioperative care at UC Irvine. The study will involve UC Irvine Medical Center-CHOC Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, UC San Diego-Rady Children's Hospital San Diego and Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
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Dr. Kain will establish his Provider-Tailored Intervention for Perioperative Stress program at four California children's hospitals. The program is designed to promote behavior in providers and parents that will decrease stress for pediatric patients during the surgical process.
According to Dr. Kain, around 65 percent of the four million children who receive surgery in the United States every year experience significant anxiety and distress. He says P-TIPS helps train surgical staff and anesthesiologists to integrate positive behaviors into their interactions with pediatric patients and their parents. Simple medical language, eye contact and humor can help reduce stress by creating a more comfortable environment for the patient.
Dr. Kain is using another NIH grant to create an Internet site to help parents ease children's anxiety, handle postsurgical pain and assist healing, according to the report.
Dr. Kain serves as professor and chair of anesthesiology and perioperative care at UC Irvine. The study will involve UC Irvine Medical Center-CHOC Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, UC San Diego-Rady Children's Hospital San Diego and Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
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