Operations postponed by anaesthetists: a prospective study.
A prospective study was carried out in one District Health Authority over a twelve month period to investigate the principal reasons for the postponement of operations on the advice of anaesthetic staff. A mean of 1.4% of all cases listed for general anaesthesia were postponed. The clinical indications for this are described and possible methods for reducing this figure are discussed.
Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside.
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D000776:Anesthesiology; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013997:Time Factors