Procedural analgesic interventions in China: a national survey of 2198 hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Humane treatment requires the provision of appropriate sedation and analgesia during medical diagnosis and treatment. However, limited information is available about the status of procedural analgesic interventions in Chinese hospitals. Therefore, a nationwide survey was established to identify challenges and propose potential improvement strategies.

Methods

Forty-three members of the Pain Group of Chinese Society of Anesthesiology established and reviewed the questionnaire, which included (1) general information on the hospitals, (2) the sedation/analgesia rate in gastrointestinal endoscopy, labor, flexible bronchoscopy, hysteroscopy in China, (3) staff assignments, (4) drug use for procedural analgesic interventions, and (5) difficulties in procedural analgesic

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature