Regional anaesthesia practices: insights from a European survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of regional anaesthesia has increased and evolved over the past two decades but to what extent is unclear. Moreover, there is no clear standardisation of best practice in the current European landscape, which could result in inconsistencies in regional anaesthesia in practice.

Objectives

The objective of this survey was to explore regional anaesthesia practices across Europe, including the differences in procedures, use of ultrasound, reporting of complications, guidelines, training and patient safety implementation.

Design

A Faculty of European regional anaesthesia experts developed a survey of 27 questions focused on respondent and institution profile, anaesthesia services, patient and safety management, training, use of guidelines, and the implem

SUBMITTER: Konijn A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature