Most people get a little anxious before they have surgery, especially kids. Anti-anxiety medicines can help, but anesthesiologists in the Bay Area have come up with an alternative that’s safer, cheaper and a little more fun to.
DR. SAM RODRIGUEZ: Anytime we can decrease exposure to a medication, especially in a young child who has a developing brain, it's preferential to use some of these non-medication techniques to get them off to sleep.
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