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Mental and emotional disturbance which is occasionally observed in children after operation is concerned greatly with preoperative psychogenic anxieties. Furthermore, it seems closely that the intramuscular administration may-be the cause of muscle contractures. During the period from July 1977 to May 1979, 154 children under 8 years of age underwent oral administration of atropine, hydroxyzine pamoate, and diazepam or triclofos, 75min. prior to operation instead of conventional parenteral premedication of these agents. Fourty children, as the control group, underwent intramuscular administration of atropine, hydroxyzine pamoate, and pethilorfan. The result of both groups with oral and parenteral premedication was compared. The results are summarized as followed: The oral administration method has an advantage by obtaining the fine preoperative sedative effect and the good postmedicative effect.
