Modified paramedian versus conventional paramedian technique in the residency training: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residency training includes positive and negative aspects. Well-trained doctors must be educated, but the process may bring additional risks to patients. Anesthesiologists' performance when conducting neuraxial anesthesia is related to their experience. We hypothesized that a modified neuraxial anesthesia method would improve both residency training and patient safety.

Methods

We recruited 518 patients who were scheduled for a cesarean section and used spinal anesthesia (n = 256), epidural anesthesia (n = 154), and combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (SEA; n = 108). We observed and evaluated the anesthesia performance of five second-year resident anesthesiologists in elective cesarean sections using the conventional and modified methods. The number of attempts, im

SUBMITTER: Chen SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330994 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature