Giovanni Cucchiaro|John T. Farrar|Jessica W. Guite|Yuelin Li
What Postoperative Outcomes Matter to Pediatric Patients?
brief children often excluded making decisions related medical treatment parents proxy reports often used approach fails consider parents children may differ perception childs health study assessed childrens decisionmaking processes related postoperative pain management fortyfive children underwent anterior cruciate ligament repair nuss procedure pectus excavatum repair studied standard gamble technique used assess childrens perceptions utility hypothetical treatment would provide perfect pain control respect different rates risk vomiting postoperative period maximum risk vomiting overall study population willing accept decrease pain level zero 32 24 girls willing take significantly higher risk 41 24 compared boys 25 22 p 002 children actually experienced vomiting questioned willing take higher risk 46 26 compared 23 17 p 0035 children express opinions preferred postoperative outcomes provide useful input care girls boys seem perceive vomiting less important improved pain control postoperative period implications investigated first time postoperative outcome important pediatric patients using standard gamble techniques results suggest difference boys girls well difference childrens adults preferences