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To the Editor: In caring for children undergoing surgery, we noted that some of them had blood glucose concentrations greater than 120 mg per deciliter. To determine whether emotional stress was the cause of these elevations, we studied 28 healthy boys one to three years old who underwent circumcision. They were assigned by two anesthesiologists to one of two groups, depending on their attitude before anesthesia: a calm group, composed of those who were sleeping or sleepy (16 boys); and a crying group, consisting of those who were crying and resisted the induction of anesthesia (12 boys). They had not . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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