Anesthesiologists’ familiarity with the ASA and ACS guidelines on Advance Directives in the perioperative setting

• Published in: Journal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 174 - 176
• Main Authors: Nurok, Michael, Green, Douglas S.T., Chisholm, Mary F., Fins, Joseph J., Liguori, Gregory A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2014; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers; Adult; Advance Directives; Anesthesia; Anesthesia & Perioperative Care; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Anesthesiologists; Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology - statistics & numerical data; Biological and medical sciences; Compliance; End-of-life care; Female; Guideline Adherence; Guidelines; Health care; Health Care Surveys; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Medical personnel; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Operating room; Pain Medicine; Patients; Perioperative Care - methods; Physicians; Physicians - statistics & numerical data; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Right to die; Studies; Surgery; Advance directives; End-of-life care; Compliance; Anesthesiologists; Operating room; Guidelines; Mechanical compliance; Perioperative; End of life decision; Anesthesiologist; Recommendation; Care

To assess anesthesiologists’ familiarity with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and American College of Surgeons (ACS) guidelines on Advance Directives in the perioperative setting. Single-center, 4-question anonymous survey. Urban academic medical center. Up to 34 subjects responded t...