VASGBI - View our recent poll results!
Last year we canvassed your views on anaesthetic management of patients undergoing aortic endovascular stent placement. You can still take part in this poll by clicking here, or just view the results here. Discuss the results, or read comments about endovascular stents in our FORUM.
During early 2006, we asked you:
"Where do you send carotid endarterectomy patients post-op?"
| Answer | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| HDU - won't start unless a bed is available |    44 % |
32 |
| Surgical ward - but won't start if HDU bed unavailable | 12.5 % |
9 |
| Surgical ward - will do the case even if an HDU bed is unavailable | 43.1 % |
31 |
AND...
"Do you believe that mannitol is useful for renal protection during aortic aneurysm repair?"
| Answer | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Yes, always | 15.6 % |
13 |
| Yes, in certain high risk cases | 31.7 % |
26 |
| No | 31.7 % |
26 |
| I am undecided | 20.7 % |
17 |
During February - April 2005, we asked you:
"Do you routinely use regional analgesia for infra-inguinal bypass (eg fem-pop bypass)?"
| Answer | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Yes - central neuraxial block | 73.6 % |
67 |
| Yes - nerve block | 1.1 % |
1 |
| No - I usually just use a general anaesthetic | 25.3 % |
23 |
In December 2004 - January 2005, we asked you:
"If you required a carotid endarterectomy, would you prefer..."
| Answer | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| a general anaesthetic | 43.8 % |
21 |
| a local anaesthetic | 56.2 % |
27 |
| no opinion | 0 % | 0 |
In November - December 2004, we asked you:
"Do you think that all patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery should be prescribed beta blockers pre-operatively unless contra-indicated?"
| Answer | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 80.5 % |
62 |
| No | 16.9 % |
13 |
| Don't have an opinion | 2.6 % |
2 |
