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Trial reportMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2018

Does Listening to Music during Tonsillectomy Affect Sevoflurane Consumption?

Elif Doğan Bakı, Şahin Ulu, Ahmet Yüksek, Hüseyin Arıcan, Remziye Sıvacı

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Trial report in Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nonpharmacologic Therapy for Pediatric Posttonsillectomy Pain: A Systematic Review.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elif Doğan BakıDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Afyyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Şahin UluDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Ahmet YüksekDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Afyyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Hüseyin ArıcanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Afyyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Remziye SıvacıDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Afyyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Afyon Kocatepe University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of listening to music on the consumption of an anesthetic agent as well as postoperative recovery and pain in children undergoing elective tonsillectomy. MATERIALS AND

methodsFifty patients were randomized into those to whom music was played during surgery (group M) and a control group to whom music was not played (group C). The depth of anesthesia was provided by entropy levels of 50 ± 5 in both groups. Demographic characteristics and hemodynamic parameters were recorded perioperatively. The duration of surgery, sevoflurane consumption, eye opening time, and extubation time were also recorded. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

resultsSurgical pleth index values measured intraoperatively were statistically lower in group M than in group C. In the postanesthesia care unit children in the music group felt less pain than those in the control group according to the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (p = 0.035). The heart rates of the patients in the music group were statistically lower at 30 min intraoperatively and at the end of the procedure compared to the values of the control group (p = 0.015). The consumption of sevoflurane was lower in group M than in group C but the difference was not statistically significant. The need for additional fentanyl was significantly lower in group M than in group C.

conclusionIn this study, the children exposed to music intraoperatively needed less analgesia during surgery, and reported less pain postoperatively, but there was no difference in sevoflurane requirements.

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MusicAnesthetics, InhalationChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHeart RateHumansMalePain MeasurementPostoperative CarePostoperative PainSevofluraneTonsillectomyAnesthetics, InhalationSevofluraneAnesthesiaChildrenMusic

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PMID29529606
PMCPMC6170909
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