TY - JOUR AU - Bumrung, Janjiraporn AU - Chau-in, Waraporn AU - Palachewa, Khochakron AU - Sathitkarnmanee, Thepakorn PY - 2013/11/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Anesthesia-Personnel’s Knowledge of Complications from Regional Anesthesia : Survey at Srinagarind Hospital JF - Srinagarind Medical Journal JA - SRIMEDJ VL - 20 IS - 4 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/14600 SP - 240-245 AB - <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Background</span></strong>:  Regional anesthesia is the common anesthetic procedure for patients undergoing  lower abdomen and lower extremity surgery.  Anesthesia-personnel should be aware of the common complications for patient safety.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective</span></strong>:  To survey anesthesia-personnel’s knowledge of complications from regional anesthesia.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Design</span></strong>:  Descriptive study</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Setting</span></strong>: Srinagarind Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Population</span></strong>:  51 anesthesia-personnel : 39 nurse- anesthetists and 12 residents.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Methods</span></strong>:  Anesthesia-personnel answered the questionnaire (13 items, created by the research team) during a one-hour classroom period. The answer sheets were analyzed for difficulty index (“p”), and the discrimination index (“r”).  The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Results</span></strong>:  Fifty anesthesia-personnel answered the questionnaire: 39 nurse - anesthetists (78.00%) and 11 residents (22.00%). Respondents averaged 36.18 ± 7.23 years of age and 7.70 ± 6.26 years of experience in anesthesia.  We found that the anesthesia-personnel had averaged 80.31%(or had a good level of knowledge).  Age and years of experience did not correlate with the level of knowledge.  Residents scored significantly higher than nurse-anesthetists (88.08 vs. 78.08%, respectively)(p=0.01).</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Conclusion</span></strong>:  The knowledge of complications from regional anesthesia was of a good level among anesthesia-personnel  practising at  Srinagarind Hospital.</p> ER -