Numbers of children Total N N requesting N declining N unable to Selected premedication route Parental input   premedication premedication communicate Oral IV/IM   117 (100%) 64 (55%) 21 (18%) 32 (27%) 64 (100%) 0 (0%) 15 (13%) Oral= orally administered premedication; IV/IM= intravenously/intramuscularly administered premedication.

Table 5: Premedication. Numbers of children requesting, declining or unable to make a decision regarding premedication, their selected route for premedication and numbers of parents recommending premedication.