{"id":3505,"date":"2016-07-12T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T12:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2016-07-12T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T12:53:13","slug":"doctors-get-creative-to-distract-tech-savvy-kids-before-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3505","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Get Creative To Distract Tech-Savvy Kids Before Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Surgery can make anyone anxious, but it is especially hard for young children. Kids going into surgery may be separated from their parents for the first time in a frightening new environment, and they may not understand what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many families and kids, this is one of the most stressful events in their entire lives,\u201d said\u00a0Dr. Sam Rodriguez, an anesthesiologist at the Lucile Packard Children\u2019s Hospital Stanford. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/doctors-get-creative-to-distract-tech-savvy-kids-before-surgery\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31540667&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_0uTMNkrgAgvrSkmPyoEDXo6dyEpceP9DVOb6mg7gzEly6HNkWqsR5S3Ya9V57JfhwIpvvB2IMPENPU1OJNFDdxPfq6g&amp;_hsmi=31540667\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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