Authors: ARAI, Y.-C. P.1; UEDA,
W.2; USHIDA, T.1; KANDATSU, N.3; ITO, H.3; KOMATSU, T.3
Source: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica,
Volume 53, Number 5, May 2009 , pp. 607-610(4)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Abstract:
Background:
Maternal distress
would correlate with the children's mental status, thereby influencing the
activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) of the children and mothers. We
hypothesized that pre-anesthetic maternal ANS activity, when approaching close
to their children's operation time, would correlate with children's ANS
activity, and that the values of heart rate variability (HRV) would correlate.
Methods:
We calculated
maternal and children's HRVs
and analyzed the relationship between the two. A total of 24 pairs of mother
and child were analyzed. Maternal and children's HRVs
were recorded from the night before the child's surgery to the arrival to the
operation room. Results:
The ratios of
low-frequency components (LF) to high-frequency components (HF) (LF/HF ratio)
of children's and maternal HRVs obtained during the
immediate pre-operative period (06:00-08:00 hours) showed a significantly,
positive correlation, but no correlation was found for the LF/HF ratios
obtained during the pre-operative night. Conclusion:
The LF/HF ratios
of HRV immediately before surgery in children and mothers showed a significant
positive correlation.
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01912.x
Affiliations: 1: Multidisciplinary