The New Zealand medical journal
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To describe the services available for the treatment of acute pain in surgical hospitals in New Zealand. ⋯ Most New Zealand surgical hospitals use a wide range of modern analgesic modalities and an increasing number are providing formal acute pain services with designated medical and/or nursing time.
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Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
The effect of a preanaesthetic information booklet on patient understanding and satisfaction.
To determine if a brief user friendly anaesthetic booklet compliments the anaesthetic service currently provided, in terms of greater patient understanding and satisfaction. ⋯ The value of the anaesthetic booklet is in providing detailed anaesthetic information to the patient. This will aid the preanaesthetic consultation with the anaesthetist and provide a focus for further discussion about the intended anaesthetic. Patient satisfaction with the anaesthetic service was high in both groups pre- and postoperatively and was not altered by the anaesthetic booklet.