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August 1, 1993Anesthesia & Analgesia

Parental Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Discussing the Risk of Death From Anesthesia

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Why the study?

What are the knowledge and attitudes of parents of healthy children regarding the discussion of the risk of death from anesthesia before elective outpatient surgery?

Population

236 parents of healthy children presenting for elective, outpatient surgery

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

RLRonald S. LitmanRutgers, The State University of New JerseyFPFrederick M. PerkinsUniversity of VermontSDScott C. DawsonUniversity of California, Davis

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Implication

Supports discussing anesthesia mortality risk with parents; hypothesis-generating for sex differences and needs prospective validation.

Structured PICO

What are the knowledge and attitudes of parents of healthy children regarding the discussion of the risk of death from anesthesia before elective outpatient surgery?

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Population
236 parents of healthy children presenting for elective, outpatient surgery (115 surveyed before speaking with the anesthesiologist, 121 surveyed after)
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Intervention
Questionnaire regarding knowledge and attitudes toward discussing the risk of death from anesthesia
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Outcome
Parents' knowledge about anesthesia risks and attitudes toward discussing the risk of deathpatient reported

Most parents of healthy children undergoing outpatient surgery are aware of the rare risk of death from anesthesia and prefer to have it discussed during the preanesthetic evaluation.

Cite This Study

Litman et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a412f5c4c6b099dec8ccehttps://doi.org/10.1213/00000539-199308000-00008
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