The Bare Minimum: The Reality of Global Anaesthesia and Patient Safety
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2016
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World journal of surgery
Abstract
Current guidelines for the provision of safe anaesthesia from the World Health Organization and the
World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) are unachievable in a majority of low and middleincome countries (LMICs) worldwide.
Methods Current guidelines for anaesthesia and patient safety provisions from the WHO and WFSA are compared
with local ability to achieve these recommendations in LMICs.
Conclusions Influential international organizations have historically published anaesthesia guidelines, but for the
most part, without impacting substantial documentable changes or outcomes in low-income environments. This
analysis, and subsequent recommendations, reviews the effectiveness of existing strategies for international guidelines, and proposes practical, step-wise implementation of patient safety approaches for LMICs.
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Bare Minimum, Global Anaesthesia, Patient Safety
Citation
Boyd, Nicholas, and Adam Hewitt Smith. "The Bare Minimum: The Reality of Global Anaesthesia and Patient Safety." World journal of surgery 40 (2016): 2823-2824. DOI 10.1007/s00268-016-3589-8