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| Id: |
11580
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| Autor: |
Venugopal, Sivarajan; Carpenter, Reginald A. |
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Paediatric day-care surgery: parental attitudes |
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West Indian med. j;35(3):170-4, Sept. 1986.
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| Idioma: |
En.
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| Resumo: |
Sixty per cent of the paediatric surgical procedures at the University Hospital of the West Indies are performed as day cases, without any significant complications. This allows better utilization of the available bed space, increased turnover and improved cosy efficiency. Parents of one hundred consecutive day-care paediatric surgical patients were asked to answer a questionnaire during their post-operative follow-up visit in order to ascertain their opinion regarding the procedure and to obtain a socio-economic profile of the group. Forty per cent of the children were with single parents or other guardians. Twenty-five per cent were unemployed and, of those employed, the majority were blue collarworkers. In spite of these adverse socio-economic conditions, ninety-six per cent of the parents opted to accept the day-care procedure again or recommend it for another child without any modification. Pain was a significant post-operative complaint, and improved post-operative analgesia would make it even more acceptable. Day-care surgery is not only medically and economically attractive but also well accepted by the parents (AU)
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| Responsável: |
JM3.1 - Médical Library
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JM3.1; R18.W4 |
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