MUSIC
Music may decrease preoperative anxiety, reduce intraoperative
sedative and analgesic requirements, and increase patient satisfaction. Patient-selected
music reduced patient-controlled sedative requirements during spinal anesthesia and
analgesic requirements during lithotripsy.[146]
Preoperative music reduces anxiety without
Figure 15-1
The P6 acupuncture point is located between the palmaris
longus and flexor carpi radialis muscle tendons, 4 cm proximal to the distal wrist
crease and 1 cm below the skin.
affecting physiologic measures of stress.[147]
Music may be part of a low sensory stimulation strategy to reduce anxiety and increase
cooperation in children undergoing induction of anesthesia.[148]
Music increased patient satisfaction and reduced systolic blood pressure during
cataract surgery using retrobulbar block.[149]
