iPads As Effective As Sedative In Helping Calm Kids About To Undergo Surgery, Study Indicates.

reports a “small new study” indicates “giving children who were about to undergo surgery an iPad was as effective at calming them down than giving them a sedative.” In research presented at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, investigators “compared the effect of using an iPad to taking a sedative called midazolam on children’s anxiety before anesthesia and surgery.” http://time.com/4472306/its-official-ipads-are-sedatives-for-kids/