动手术，请带上你的iPod

如果你准备去做手术，那么请带上你的iPod。1999年的研究发现音乐能够减少腹部手术病人的术后疼痛。其它研究也显示音乐在术前与术中都可以降低血压，同时能减轻紧张感。耶鲁大学新研究证实，在手术中的病人听音乐可以减少镇静剂使用量。教授Zeev Kain说：“医生和病人都应该注意到在手术室里音乐能够起到镇静作用。”音乐已经成了不折不扣的万能药。-psytopic.com


如果你准备去做手术，那么请带上你的iPod。

耶鲁大学医学院开展的一个新研究证实，在手术中的病人听音乐可以减少镇静剂使用量。

先前的研究留下了悬而未决的问题：是手术中的音乐本身获得了成功呢？还是音乐只是封闭了手术设备及手术室的其它声音。

在新的研究中，研究者们对90位手术病人进行了两个方面的测试。一组人带上耳机，一部分听音乐，一部分听白噪音，这些嘶嘶和嗡嗡声的白噪音是用于淹没办公楼刺耳的声音通用声音；另一组人不带耳机。

研究发现，听白噪音的一组并没有减少镇静剂使用量，而听音乐的一组却减少了镇静剂使用量。

“医生和病人都应该注意到在手术室里音乐能够起到镇静作用。”研究团队成员，耶鲁大学麻醉学系教授Zeev Kain说。

研究结果已经发布于5月的《麻醉与无痛》杂志。

音乐已经成了不折不扣的万能药。

1999年的研究发现音乐能够减少腹部手术病人的术后疼痛。其它研究也显示音乐在术前与术中都可以降低血压，同时能减轻紧张感。

以往研究还显示，手术医生在手术中听音乐也会表现更好，同时许多手术室都配备有声音系统以及由医生自己选择的手动播放列表。


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Music During Surgery Reduces Sedation Needs

If you're headed for surgery, take your iPod.

A new study by the Yale School of Medicine confirms previous work showing that surgery patients listening to music require much less sedation.

Previous studies left open the question of whether it was music that did the trick, or just the act of blocking out the sound of dropped surgical instruments and other operating room noise.

In the new study, researchers tested 90 surgery patients at two facilities. Some wore headphones and listened to the music of their choice. Others heard white noise, that hiss and hum common to office buildings that's designed to drown out harsh noises. Others had no headphones.

Blocking sounds with white noise did not decrease sedative requirements, the study found, music did.

"Doctors and patients should both note that music can be used to supplement sedation in the operating room," said study team member Zeev Kain, a Yale professor in the Department of Anesthesiology.

The results are detailed in the May issue of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Music is turning out to be quite an elixir.

A 1999 study found that music after abdominal surgery can reduce patients' post-operative pain. Other studies have shown that music before and during surgery reduces blood pressure and nervousness.

Surgeons also perform better while listening to music, studies have shown, and many operating rooms are equipped with sound systems and music playlists handpicked by the doctors.

By LiveScience Staff
译者：罗禹（Roger）
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