Attendance of the anaesthesiologist to the patient. National recommendations for standard of anaesthetic practice.
The national recommendations for standard of anaesthetic practice in six countries of the European Community are compared with respect to the attendance of the anaesthesiologist to the patient. These standards apply to anaesthesia, major regional anaesthesia and sedation administered by anaesthesiologists. The attendance to the patient varies from strict continuous presence of the anaesthesiologist to observation of the patient by a non-medical assistant and the anaesthesiologist taking care of another anaesthetized patient. Items which all standards should mention are defined.
Pöll
J S
JS
Department of Anaesthesiology, Westeinde Hospital, The Netherlands.
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000592:standards; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D001530:Belgium; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000592:standards; D005062:European Union; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000592:standards; D009426:Netherlands; D010823:Physician Assistants; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom