Journal of clinical anesthesia
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To assess whether anesthesia providers' interpretations of a difficult intubation are consistent with current guidelines and explore possible explanations for any observed discrepancy including video laryngoscopy usage. ⋯ A review of electronic anesthesia records suggests that clinicians inconsistently interpret and document difficult intubations in light of current guideline definitions and that video laryngoscopy usage appears to be associated, albeit not necessarily independently, with a greater discrepancy between anesthesiologist documentation and guideline definitions.
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Letter Case Reports
Peripheral nerve blocks in a patient with suspected COVID-19 infection.
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Observational Study
Patient satisfaction survey scores are not an appropriate metric to differentiate performance among anesthesiologists.
With the focus of patient-centered care in healthcare organizations, patient satisfaction plays an increasingly important role in healthcare quality measurement. We sought to determine whether an automated patient satisfaction survey could be effectively used to identify outlying anesthesiologists. ⋯ Patient satisfaction is impacted by multiple factors. There was very little information in patient satisfaction scores to discriminate the providers, after adjusting for confounding. While patient satisfaction scores may facilitate identification of extreme outliers among anesthesiologists, there is no evidence that this metric is useful for the routine evaluation of individual provider performance.