Flow diagram of the progress through the phases of the randomised trial of two groups (animal-assisted therapy and standard care after surgery).

<p>Flow diagram of the progress through the phases of the randomised trial of two groups (animal-assisted therapy and standard care after surgery).</p

Demographic and auxological features of the children at admission and vital signs pre intervention.

<p>*data are expressed as median (interquartile range)</p><p>Demographic and auxological features of the children at admission and vital signs pre intervention.</p

Comparison of the model-derived profiles for heart rate (HR), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), oxygen saturation (SpO₂), cerebral prefrontal oxygenation (HbO₂) in animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and standard (STAND) groups.

<p>All models are adjusted for time of anesthesia</p

Vital signs measured in treated and standard groups.

<p>Differences and 95%CI are derived from repeated measurements models (including main effects for time and groups and their interaction) adjusted for anesthesia time.</p