پديد آورندگان :
Radpay Badiolzaman نويسنده , Agah Mahvash نويسنده , Dablr Shideh نويسنده , Goldasteh Akbar نويسنده , Parsa Tahereh نويسنده
چكيده لاتين :
The role of the anaesthesiologist in the quality of care rende red to pa tients during the pre-operative period is
well known. The role of pre-operative anesthesia clinics in providing better conditions for patients undergoing anesthesia is
now well documented. This study was performed to evaluate the familiarity of Iranian physicians with the aims of anes thesia
clinics 10 years after the establishment of such clinics in Iran.
Materials and Methods: All physicians working in 2 university medical centers were selected. A questionnaire was gi ven to
them and answers were analyzed and interpreted by statistical methods.
Results: Three-hundred forty-four Iranian physicians were questioned about their knowledge regarding anesthesia clinics out
of which, 38% were faculty members, about half of them had working experience more than 10 yrs., 57.3% of them were
surgeons, 27.6% of them were non-surgical clinical physicians, 6.4% were paracfinicians and the remaining were general
practitioners. Forty-one percent of physicians were familiar with the aims of anesthesia clin ics. Only 34% of physicians had
referred patients to such clinics. The most important goals of establishment of these clinics from the physicians י point of view
were to prepare the patients for operation (71%), reduce the complications of surgery (54%), reduce the time required for
preparing patients for surgery (36%) and reducing the costs (34%).
Conclusion: Considering the results, it seems that a great majority of Iranian physicians are still unfamiliar with the aims of
anesthesia clinics. Direct communication between anaesthesiologists and medical staff and stressing the benefits of
establishing such clinics in medical congresses are beneficial and highly recommended by the authors. (Tanaffos 2008;
7(2): 58-63)
