[Relations between anesthetists and general practitioners or pediatricians. Results of a cross sectional study among 2281 physicians with private practice].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the relationship of anaesthetiologists (Anaes) with general practitioners (GP) and paediatricians (Paed), possessors of the medical files of children scheduled to undergo ambulatory anaesthesia and participating in postoperative surveillance.


METHODS
Cross-sectional prospective survey.


METHODS
GP and Paed treating children admitted in September 1994 at the paediatric clinic of the University hospital of Tours for ambulatory surgery.


METHODS
Questionnaire including 11 items circulated to 2,181 GP and 100 Paed of the centre of France.


CONCLUSIONS
Replies were obtained from 1,053 GP (48%) and 64 Paed (64%). The experience of Anaesth in paediatric anaesthesia was the least important criterion for the choice of the clinic (for 67% of Paed and 44% of GP). The rate of contacts of Anaesth with GP and Paed was low (23% of GP and 38% of Paed). Informations concerning anaesthesia (26% of GP and 42% of Paed), or its complications (8% of GP and 8% of Paed) were scarce. The rules of ambulatory anaesthesia were better known by Paed (56%) than by GP (34%), unlike those for autotransfusion (45% of GP and 23% of Paed). A majority of GP (82%) and Paed (73%) would appreciate an anaesthetic report. Most of GP (86%) and Paed (83%) were in favour of more informations, mainly through continuing medical education, on these problems.
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Unité d'anesthésie-réanimation pédiatrique, CHU, centre de pédiatrie de Clocheville, Tours, France.
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D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000776:Anesthesiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005194:Family Practice; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010372:Pediatrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires