The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine
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Tohoku J. Exp. Med. · Jun 2004
Basic life support skills of doctors in a hospital resuscitation team.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the basic life support skills of doctors in a hospital resuscitation team and to identify potential factors affecting those skills. Twelve anesthesiology residents were induced in this study. Each doctor was asked to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilation for 10 minutes and then chest compression for another 10 minutes on a Laerdal Skillmeter Resusci-Anne manikin during the day (10 am) and at night (10 pm). ⋯ During the first 2-minutes period of testing at night, men doctors more frequently achieved correct ventilation than did women doctors (p<0.05). Overall, the practical CPR skills of the study participants were not influenced by sex, seniority, CPR duration, or time of day; however, the participants' skills were poor. This suggests that all medical staff, especially members of in-hospital resuscitation teams, should undergo regular, periodic CPR training.
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Tohoku J. Exp. Med. · Jun 2004
Physicians' reasons for not entering their patients in a randomized controlled trial in Japan.
Physicians' not entering their patients can jeopardize the success of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). We used a survey to investigate the possible reasons why physicians who initially agreed to collaborate did not recruit any patients for an RCT being conducted in Japan. A total of 167 questionnaires were sent out and 122 responses were received. ⋯ Multivariate logistic regression made it clear that physicians who thought that registering their own patients would damage the doctor-patient relationship and who expected the RCT would fail were more likely to be uncomfortable entering their own patients. Moreover, physicians aged 50 years or older, who felt uncomfortable recruiting their own patients, and saw no advantage in participating in the trial, were more likely to view the enrolment and follow-up procedures as cumbersome. We conclude that training and a manual for obtaining informed consent and a face-to-face demonstration of patient registration/follow-up procedures for the potential participants are prerequisites for increasing physician participation in RCTs in Japan.