The Patient's View of Anaesthesia in an Australian Teaching Hospital
Open Access
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Vol. 10 (1) , 20-24
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057x8201000105
Abstract
One hundred and thirty-nine patients undergoing routine surgical procedures over a five-day period at Royal Brisbane Hospital were interviewed after operation. 66.2% of patients were aware that an anaesthetist needed a medical qualification. 76% expected their anaesthetic to be without complications. 80% were seen pre-operatively by an anaesthetist. 8% volunteered complaints about some aspect of the anaesthetic. On closer questioning, 80% mentioned specific complaints.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- From the other end of the needle. The patient's experience of routine anaesthesiaAnaesthesia, 1978
- A survey of pre–operative fear*Anaesthesia, 1972