Key result
Preoperative anxiety and the fear of intraoperative consciousness are significant factors driving obstetric patients to prefer general anaesthesia over safer regional anaesthesia alternatives.
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Why do obstetric patients opt for general anaesthesia despite safer alternatives?
Why do obstetric patients opt for general anaesthesia despite safer alternatives?
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Highlights the discrepancy between anesthesiologist recommendations and obstetric patient preferences regarding anesthesia, emphasizing the need for patient education.
There are various modes of anaesthesia available in the community today. This gives anaesthesiologists the freedom to select those that are safe, efficacious and most suitable for patients. However, patients may not always agree with their anaesthesiologist on the preferred mode of anaesthesia because they may have a different set of priorities, with many of them electing to have the lack of intraoperative awareness as the primary objective. Hence, disagreements between anaesthesiologists and patients may arise and could potentially disrupt doctor-patient relationship. This paper attempts to explore the possible reasons for obstetric patients championing for certain modes of anaesthesia and to provide an insight into the need for adequate patient education.
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Tan et al. (2017) conducted a review in Obstetric anaesthesia. General anaesthesia vs. Regional anaesthesia was evaluated. Preoperative anxiety and the fear of intraoperative consciousness are significant factors driving obstetric patients to prefer general anaesthesia over safer regional anaesthesia alternatives.
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