Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Northwest, Ethiopia
Dr.Debas Yaregal Melesse is a professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Internal Health, Stanford University, California, USA.
His study interests major on anesthesia, Pain Management, Health analysis. In recent years, he has studied several studies including Advances in Anesthesia, epidemiology, and aesthetic Technology. Currently, Dr. Debas Yaregal Melesse is the author/editor/reviewer in several international journals. He published 15 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.
Research Article
The Assessment of the Practice of Premedication before Anesthesia, 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Debas Yaregal Melesse*, Abatneh Feleke Agegnehu and Habtamu Getinet Kassahun
Background: Any drug given before anesthesia is called premedication. Premedication is used to prepare the patient
for anesthesia and provide optimal conditions for surgery. Generally, anesthetists administer a standardized
preoperative pre medications to improve the quality of patient outcome. The aim of this study was to audit the
patterns of the practice of pre medications before anesthesia/surgery.
Methods: For this retrospective study a sample of 30 patients, who underwent surgery under general anesthesia
during January 20 to 26/2020 were included. The information obtained from the standardized premedication form
in each patient’s file and interviewing the responsible anesthetists was audited using a self-generated checklist, based
on the measures and criteria incorporated in the different literatures or sources. .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.20.11.978