Yes, there was a time when things were done very differently in surgery. Some of these tools pictured here were downright barbaric! But today, things are done very differently. Today doctors and patients alike know about the benefits of music during surgery. We are much more aware of the dangers of too much anesthesia and [...]
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Advances in Surgery and Anesthesia
February 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
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Live Music in Operating Room, found to be beneficial
February 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
By Helen Altonn haltonn@starbulletin.com Classical music played on a piano in the operating room for 115 patients having eye surgery at the former St. Francis Medical Center-Liliha had “profound” physical benefits, it was reported today. The music lowered the patients’ blood pressure and heart and respiratory rates before any sedation or pain medication, according to [...]
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Music and Stress in Children Receiving General Anesthesia
January 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and Surgery
Introduction ——————————————————————————– The research I am about to present today has taken three years. Its goal was to reduce physiological and emotional stress in patients undergoing general anesthesia. The research questions were: Is there audio perception when under anesthesia? Can we find a parameter that would measure the physiological and biochemical effect of music under [...]
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Talking with Mayo Clinic about Surgery Headphones
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
Talks with Mayo Clinic have begun! Let me start out my saying that this is not going to be a quick happening but at least it has begun! I talked with my second “official” person at Mayo Clinic today about the possibility of getting my headphones in use there. They are already definitely in favor [...]
Two Major National Hospitals Now Recommend Music for Surgery
December 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music and Surgery
As the concept of music during surgery becomes better and better known and accepted, more hospitals around the United States and Europe and Asia are accepting its benefits and recommending it to their surgical patients.
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Music during surgery: experts weigh in
December 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery
“We trust that the magic of sound, scientifically applied, will contribute in ever greater measure to the relief of human suffering, to a higher development and a richer integration of the human personality, to the harmonious synthesis of all human “notes” of all “group chords and melodies” – until there will be the greater symphony [...]
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Music with Pediatric Anesthesia
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Music and Surgery, Music in the Hospital
Very interesting study done using music with pediatric surgery patients. School-aged children’s experiences of postoperative music medicine on pain, distress, and anxiety STEFAN NILSSON RN, MSC*†, EVA KOKINSKY MD, PhD*, ULRICA NILSSON RNA, PhD‡, BIRGITTA SIDENVALL RN, PhD† AND KARIN ENSKÄR RN, PhD† *Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, The Queen Silvia Children’s [...]
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Music Before Surgery Proves Better than Midazolam!
December 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music and Surgery
Yet another medical research study has come out documenting that listening to calm, relaxing music before surgery can calm the patient better than powerful midazolam. Time to order those pre-surgery headphones: www.surgicalheadphones.com. Introduction: Patients who await surgery often suffer from fear and anxiety, which can be prevented by anxiolytic drugs. Relaxing music may be an [...]
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