05 October 2020>: Clinical Research
Are We Meeting the Current Standards of Consent for Anesthesia? An International Survey of Clinical Practice
Tomas Jovaisa 1ACDEF , Ieva Norkiene 2ABCEF* , Juri Karjagin 3AB , Iveta Golubovska 4BC , Lukas Gambickas 2BCE , Migle Kalinauskaite 2BCE , Evaldas Kauzonas 2BC , Djuleep Wijayatilake 5ABDEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.925905
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e925905
Table 3 Respondent practices of obtaining patient consent.
Number of respondents (percentage) | |||
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Estonia | Latvia | Lithuania | |
A separate hospital (ministry) approved form | 14 (42.4) | 24 (44.4) | 124 (84.9) |
Combined consent form for anesthesia and surgery | 18 (54.5) | 27 (50.0) | 19 (13.0) |
Free text entry in the medical notes | 0 | 3 (5.6) | 2 (1.4) |
Anesthesiologist performing anesthesia | 19 (57.6) | 19 (35.2) | 115 (78.8) |
Anesthesiologist on call not involved in anesthesia | 2 (6.1) | 13 (24.1) | 4 (2.7) |
Surgeon | 8 (24.2) | 4 (7.4) | 1 (0.7) |
No response | 4 (12.1) | 18 (33.3) | 26 (17.8) |
Outpatient visit prior to hospitalisation | 9 (27.3) | 28 (51.9) | 6 (4.1) |
Hospital ward, prior to surgery | 19 (57.6) | 9 (16.7) | 120 (82.2) |
Operating room/preparatory room | 4 (12.1) | 2 (3.7) | 3 (2.1) |
Other (or combinations of the above) | 1 (3.0) | 14 (25.9) | 14 (9.6) |
Yes | 13 (39.4) | 36 (66.7) | 130 (89.0) |
No | 20 (60.6) | 18 (33.3) | 12 (8.2) |
No response | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.7) |
General anesthesia complications (no details of specific complications) | 8 (24.2) | 15 (27.8) | 111 (76.0) |
Each possible complication discussed and documented separately | 5 (15.2) | 15 (27.8) | 5 (3.4) |
No response | 20 (60.6) | 24 (44.4) | 30 (20.5) |