PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D S Friedman
AU  - S W Reeves
AU  - E B Bass
AU  - L H Lubomski
AU  - L A Fleisher
AU  - O D Schein
TI  - Patient preferences for anaesthesia management during cataract surgery
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.2003.028258
DP  - 2004 Mar 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 333--335
VI  - 88
IP  - 3
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/88/3/333.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/88/3/333.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol2004 Mar 01; 88
AB  - Background/aims: To assess patient preferences for different anaesthesia management strategies during cataract surgery. Methods: Cross sectional clinic based study of patient preferences for anaesthesia management strategies. Patients rated their preferences using a linear rating scale from 0 to 100. Results: Subjects tended to prefer block to topical anaesthesia and oral to intravenous sedation. On a scale from 0 to 100, subjects preferred oral to intravenous sedation and block to topical anaesthesia by about 8 points. Conclusions: When given the choice of four different anaesthesia management strategies, 72% of the study subjects preferred block anaesthesia to topical anaesthesia. More patients chose to have oral sedation than intravenous sedation. These findings indicate that patients may prefer anaesthesia management approaches other than the ones they are currently being offered.