Based on a survey relative to the practice of simultaneous anaesthesia in Latin-America

  • José Ricardo Navarro-Vargas a. School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. b. Resuscitation Committee Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiología y Reanimación (S.C.A.R.E.), Bogotá, Colombia
  • Becket Arguello a. Resuscitation Committee CLASA, Nicaragua. b. PTC Director, Nicaragua
  • Alberto Scafati Anaesthesiology, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
Keywords: Ethics, Anesthesia, Reference standards, Legislation as topic, Patient safety

Abstract

Introduction: Despite the development of anaesthesia worldwide, not all operating rooms follow minimum stringent safety standards. One of the violations of patient safety standards is simultaneous anaesthesia, which threatens the life of the patient and compromises medical ethics and professionalism.

Objective: To describes the frequency of the practice of simultaneous anaesthesia among a group of anaesthetists and anaesthesia residents who attended a Latin-American Anaesthesiology Congress.

Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study of a universe of 954 participants who registered to the XXXII Congress of CLASA, held in Asunción, Paraguay (September 30th to October 3rd, 2013). Participation in the study was voluntary after verbal informed consent on the part of the respondents, and the questionnaire was answered anonymously. This study was approved by the Research Committee of the Colombian Society of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation (Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiología y Reanimación S.C.A.R.E).

Results: Of the 112 anaesthetists and 29 anaesthesia residents surveyed, 30% recognized that simultaneous anaesthesia is given habitually at their place of work; 26% do not apply the checklist; 24% consider that the practice is justified; and 84% are in favour of penalizing this behaviour.

Conclusion: There are places where simultaneous anaesthesia is still practiced and where the checklist is not used. A vast majority of the respondents agree that this breach must be penalized in order to improve patient safety.

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Navarro-Vargas JR, Arguello B, Scafati A. Based on a survey relative to the practice of simultaneous anaesthesia in Latin-America. Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. [Internet]. 2014 Oct. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];42(4):265-71. Available from: https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/237

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